Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Crawford Carter, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Crawford Carter registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Crawford Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Crawford Carter
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Colorado County
- Addison Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Andrew Carterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 36 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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