Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W. Martin, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
W. Martin registered to vote in Burleson County on July 16, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
1852186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County
W. Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W. Martin
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsW. Martin reported 14 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Martin in Burleson County
- G. Martinreached Texas about 1862
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 20 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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