Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Martin, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Jack Martin registered to vote in Fayette County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Jack Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Martin
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Martin in Fayette County
- William Martinborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
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 62 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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