Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gus Carter, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Gus Carter registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 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
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Walker County
Gus Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gus Carter
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Walker County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Chas his X mark Carter"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Walker County
- Albert Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
- Barney Carterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- James Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- John Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Lewice Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
Carters 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 36 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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