Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Mann, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
John Mann registered to vote in Fayette County on November 26, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
John Mann
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Mann
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJohn Mann reported 9 years 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
- Robert Mannborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
- William Mannborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
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. It sits on page 70 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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