Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jessee Martin, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jessee Martin registered to vote in Anderson County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 16 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Jessee Martin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jessee Martin
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJessee Martin reported 3 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Martin in Anderson County
- Addison Martinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Joesph Martinborn in Portugal, reached Texas about 1864
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. It sits on page 10 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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