Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Martin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Martin registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Harrison County
James Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Martin
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Martin in Harrison County
- Benjamin Martinborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- Daniel Martinborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Edward Martinborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1864
- Jacob Martinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 8 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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