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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Manning in Austin County
- Archey Manningborn in Alabama
- Robert Manningborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Vincent Manningborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1859
Mannings 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 43 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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