Hays County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George W. Cavanaugh, Hays County, Texas, 1867
George W. Cavanaugh registered to vote in Hays County. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hays County registered 197 freedmen in 1867, 32% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hays County
George W. Cavanaugh
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George W. Cavanaugh
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hays County
- Precinct
- 2
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Hays County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cavanaugh in Hays County
- Alexander Cavanaughborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
Cavanaughs 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 7 of the Hays County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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