Hardin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Haynes, Hardin County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Haynes registered to vote in Hardin County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Hardin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hardin County registered 41 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Alexander Haynes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Haynes
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hardin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Hardin County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hardin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsAlexander Haynes reported 6 years more in Texas than in Hardin County.
Other freedmen named Haynes in Hardin County
- Allen Haynesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Stephen Haynesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Hayneses 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 3 of the Hardin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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