Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Carter Cleveland, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Carter Cleveland registered to vote in Walker County on September 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Walker County
Carter Cleveland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Carter Cleveland
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Carter X Cleveland"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Clevelands elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 32 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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