Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Carter, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Henry Carter registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Henry Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Carter
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsHenry Carter reported 9 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Colorado County
- Addison Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Andrew Carterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Crawford Carterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Harry Carterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
- John Carterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 35 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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