Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Tait, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Martin Tait registered to vote in Colorado County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 13 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Martin Tait
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Tait
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsMartin Tait reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Tait in Colorado County
- Moses Taitborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
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 44 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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