Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Squire Martin, Bexar County, Texas, 1869

Squire Martin registered to vote in Bexar County on November 19, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
about 1867
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bexar County

Squire Martin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Squire Martin
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 19, 1869
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Bexar County
10 months
Years in Texas before Bexar County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Squire Martin reported 1 year more in Texas than in Bexar County.

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 47 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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