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