Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joesph Martin, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Joesph Martin registered to vote in Anderson County on November 26, 1867. He reported Portugal as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Portugal
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joesph Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joesph Martin
- Place of birth
- Portugal
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJoesph Martin reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Martin in Anderson County
- Addison Martinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Jessee Martinborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
Martins 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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