Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Carter Edmonds, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Carter Edmonds registered to vote in Colorado County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Carter Edmonds
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Carter Edmonds
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Edmondses 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 43 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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