Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Addison Carter, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Addison Carter registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Addison Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Addison Carter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Colorado County
- 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
- 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 9 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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