Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Marvel Read, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Marvel Read registered to vote in Madison County on November 25, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Marvel Read
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Marvel Read
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "David Read"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsMarvel Read reported 13 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Reads 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 16 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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