Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isacc Martin, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Isacc Martin registered to vote in Wood County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter. Gone" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Isacc Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isacc Martin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac his x mark Austin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter. Gone"
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 14 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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