Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Acmen Bartley, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Acmen Bartley registered to vote in Madison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Acmen Bartley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Acmen Bartley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Madison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Aaron Gentry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAcmen Bartley reported 11 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Bartleys 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 Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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