Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Martin, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John Martin registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 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
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
John Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Martin
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Martin in Brazoria County
- Isaac Martinborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1847
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 11 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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