San Augustine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Vanburen Alexander, San Augustine County, Texas, 1867
Martin Vanburen Alexander registered to vote in San Augustine County on August 29, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in San Augustine County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. San Augustine County registered 340 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Martin Vanburen Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Vanburen Alexander
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- San Augustine County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in San Augustine County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Parker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in San Augustine County
- John Alexanderborn in Tennessee
- William Alexanderborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
Alexanders 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 13 of the San Augustine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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