Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Martin, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Martin registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Abraham Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Martin
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsAbraham Martin reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Martin in Austin County
- Aaron Martinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
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 34 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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