Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Carver, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Louis Carver registered to vote in Henderson County on August 8, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Louis Carver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Carver
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Louis Carver"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carver in Henderson County
- Cyrus Carverborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Henry Carverborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Carvers 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 10 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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