Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Martin Milton, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Martin Milton registered to vote in Fayette County on July 25, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Fayette County, Texas
22 years
In Texas
about 1845
Reached Texas
21 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Martin Milton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Martin Milton
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 25, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Fayette County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
21 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

21 years

Martin Milton reported 21 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

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 23 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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