Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Suneil Martin, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Suneil Martin registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Suneil Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Suneil Martin
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Martin in Galveston County
- Ephraim Martinreached Texas about 1865
- Jackson Martinreached Texas about 1854
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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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