Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Black, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Martin Black registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Martin Black
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Black
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Black in Brazoria County
- Edmund Blackborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
- Edward Blackborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
- Joesph Blackborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1844
- Prickney Blackborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Richard Blackborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1849
Blacks 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 32 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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