Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Hayes, Galveston County, Texas, 1869
Sam Hayes registered to vote in Galveston County on November 26, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Sam Hayes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Hayes
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hayes in Galveston County
- George Hayesreached Texas about 1866
- Wiley Hayes
Hayeses 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 70 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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