Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Manuel Green, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Manuel Green registered to vote in Madison County on November 19, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Manuel Green
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Manuel Green
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Madison County
- 13 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Howard Green"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsManuel Green reported 17 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Green in Madison County
- David Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Jackson Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Thomas Greenborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1842
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 9
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 13 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Madison County, Texas
Madison County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Madison CountyThe Green name in TexasBorn in ArkansasSearch Madison County by name