Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Manson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William Manson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
William Manson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Manson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Manson in Harrison County
- Clayborne Mansonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Mansonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Nathan Mansonborn in Arkansas, 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 12 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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