Martin · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Martin in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 48 freedmen

48 freedmen named Martin registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (6), Wharton County (4) and Anderson County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1829.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Martins registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Martin registered, on the 1870 county map
48
Freedmen
25
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1829
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Martins registered

Where the Martins were born

Birthplaces the Martins reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee721%
Alabama412%
Mississippi412%
South Carolina412%
Florida26%
Kentucky26%
Louisiana26%
Texas26%
Virginia26%
Georgia13%
Maryland13%
Missouri13%
North Carolina13%

When the Martins reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Martins
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
1
1830s
0
1840s
9
1850s
13
1860s
22

Every Martin in the register

The Martins in the register, 1 to 48 of 48
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Aaron MartinAustin CountyAlabama1851
Aaron MartinCaldwell CountyTennessee1866
Abraham MartinAustin CountyLouisiana1852
Addison MartinAnderson CountyVirginia1860
Adison MartinGonzales County1853
Antony MartinMatagorda CountyFlorida1864
Benjamin MartinHarrison CountySouth Carolina1848
Calvin MartinSan Augustine CountyTexas
Charles MartinCherokee CountyNorth Carolina1866
Claiborne MartinWharton County1866
Cubit MartinHouston CountySouth Carolina1857
Daniel MartinHarrison CountyTennessee1846
Edward MartinHarrison CountyMaryland1864
Ephraim MartinGalveston County1865
Floyd MartinWharton County1866
G. MartinBurleson County1862
Geo MartinFort Bend County1829
George MartinFort Bend CountyMississippi1861
George MartinFreestone CountyTennessee1864
Hanson MartinBastrop CountyTennessee1859
Harry MartinWalker CountyKentucky1859
Henry MartinCherokee CountyVirginia1866
Henry MartinSan Augustine CountyTennessee1866
Isaac MartinBrazoria CountyFlorida1847
Isaac MartinCameron CountyTexas1852
Isacc MartinWood CountyMississippi1861
Jack MartinFayette CountyAlabama1847
Jackson MartinGalveston County1854
Jacob MartinHarrison CountyMississippi1847
James MartinHarrison CountyAlabama1849
Jessee MartinAnderson CountySouth Carolina1848
Joesph MartinAnderson CountyPortugal1864
John MartinBrazoria CountyTennessee1863
John MartinFalls County
Nan MartinSabine CountyGeorgia1848
Ruben MartinWharton County1866
S. MartinRefugio County
Samuel MartinHouston CountySouth Carolina1856
Shelton MartinWharton County1866
Squire MartinBexar CountyMissouri1867
Suneil MartinGalveston CountyLouisiana1866
Thomas MartinFalls County
THomas MartinHarrison CountyAlabama1849
W. MartinBurleson County1852
Wesley MartinCaldwell CountyMississippi1866
William MartinBastrop CountyTennessee1857
William MartinFayette CountyKentucky1852
William MartinJefferson County1850

Martin genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Martin in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 6 of the 48, Wharton County 4. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Martins in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (7), Alabama (4) and Mississippi (4) as their birthplaces most often, and 2 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Martin?

Harrison County (6), Wharton County (4), Anderson County (3). In all, 48 registered across 25 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Martin appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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