11583811https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11583811TexasRed RiverCounty1731838Petition0111Texas State Library-Archives Division, Austin, TexasFifty-five residents support the request for citizenship of Edmund J. Carter, a free-born man of color who is honest, industrious, and "manfully Competent to discharge faithfully any of the privileges of citisenShip." Carter had emigrated from Tennessee.State residency issues (FPOC)Westward migrationEnfranchisement/Disenfranchisement