Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Carter, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Carter registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Andrew Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Carter
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAndrew Carter reported 1 year more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Colorado County
- Addison Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Crawford Carterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Harry Carterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
- Henry Carterborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
- 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 12 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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