Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Manson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Manson registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Henry Manson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Manson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Manson in Harrison County
- Clayborne Mansonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1846
- Nathan Mansonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1846
- William Mansonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1846
Mansons 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 7 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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