DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Martin Chatman, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867

Martin Chatman registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 23, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in DeWitt County, Texas
7 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In DeWitt County

Martin Chatman

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Martin Chatman
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 23, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in DeWitt County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

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 DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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