Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benj Manion, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Benj Manion registered to vote in Grayson County on July 19, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Benj Manion
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benj Manion
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 7 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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