Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Hatten, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Martin Hatten registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Martin Hatten
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Hatten
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsMartin Hatten reported 6 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Hatten in Harrison County
- Reuben Hattenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
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 18 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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