Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
THomas Martin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
THomas Martin registered to vote in Harrison County on July 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. 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
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
THomas Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- THomas Martin
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsTHomas Martin reported 17 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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
- James 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 19 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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