Wharton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shelton Martin, Wharton County, Texas, 1867
Shelton Martin registered to vote in Wharton County on July 24, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. Wharton County registered 830 freedmen in 1867, 84% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wharton County
Shelton Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shelton Martin
- County of registration
- Wharton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Wharton County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Wharton County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
Other freedmen named Martin in Wharton County
- Claiborne Martinreached Texas about 1866
- Floyd Martinreached Texas about 1866
- Ruben Martinreached Texas about 1866
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 10 of the Wharton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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