Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Martin, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
William Martin registered to vote in Fayette County on November 18, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Fayette County
William Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Martin
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Martin in Fayette County
- Jack Martinborn in Alabama, 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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