Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas McMahan, Newton County, Texas, 1869
Silas McMahan registered to vote in Newton County on November 23, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 33 years in Texas, 33 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 33 years
- In Texas
- 33 years
- In the county
- about 1836
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1836 to 1870
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In Newton County
Silas McMahan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas McMahan
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 33 years
- Years in Newton County
- 33 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Louisiana"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named McMahan in Newton County
- Gabriel McMahanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
McMahans 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 9 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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