Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Martin, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Martin registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Isaac Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Martin
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Martin in Brazoria County
- John Martinborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
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 25 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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