Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Mahon, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
William Mahon registered to vote in Bexar County on November 23, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Bexar County
William Mahon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Mahon
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Mahons 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 50 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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