Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mitchel Manning, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Mitchel Manning registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Austin County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
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 Austin County

Mitchel Manning

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Mitchel Manning
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
September 3, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Austin County
7 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Manning in Austin County

Mannings elsewhere in Texas

All 18 freedmen named Manning 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 43 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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