Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Martin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Martin registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Benjamin Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Martin
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. Martin"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Martin in Harrison County
- Daniel Martinborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Edward Martinborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1864
- Jacob Martinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- James Martinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- THomas Martinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
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 41 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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