Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiliam Carter, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Wiliam Carter registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Wiliam Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiliam Carter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 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
- 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
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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