Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Martin, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
George Martin registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 18, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Martin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 7 years
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsGeorge Martin reported 7 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Martin in Fort Bend County
- Geo Martinreached Texas about 1829
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 35 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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