Wise County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Mellholland, Wise County, Texas, 1867
Martin Mellholland registered to vote in Wise County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Wise County. The registrar wrote "Colored Dead" beside his name. Wise County registered 9 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Martin Mellholland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Mellholland
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Wise County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Wise County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Wise County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Dead"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMartin Mellholland reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wise 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 2 of the Wise County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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