Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Martin, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Martin registered to vote in Galveston County on June 7, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Jackson Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Martin
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Martin in Galveston County
- Ephraim Martinreached Texas about 1865
- Suneil Martinborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
Martins 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 8 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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