Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Mann, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William Mann registered to vote in Fayette County on August 8, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
William Mann
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Mann
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWilliam Mann reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Mann in Fayette County
- George Mannborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Jesse Mannborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- John Mannborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Robert Mannborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
Manns 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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