Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Martins, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Sam Martins registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 30, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Sam Martins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Martins
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Martinses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Martins
- Martin 48
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 24 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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