Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Washington, Kaufman County, Texas, 1868
Martin Washington registered to vote in Kaufman County on January 31, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Martin Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Washington
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Martin Washington"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMartin Washington reported 3 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Kaufman County
- C.W.L. Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- George Washingtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- George Washingtonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
Washingtons 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 18 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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