San Augustine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Porter Cartwright, San Augustine County, Texas, 1869
Porter Cartwright registered to vote in San Augustine County on November 23, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in San Augustine County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. San Augustine County registered 340 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Porter Cartwright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Porter Cartwright
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- San Augustine County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in San Augustine County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Cartwright"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cartwright in San Augustine County
- Henry Cartwrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Peter Cartwrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1867
- Walker Cartwrightborn in Texas
Cartwrights 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 17 of the San Augustine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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