Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John P. Haynes, Karnes County, Texas, 1867
John P. Haynes registered to vote in Karnes County on July 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
John P. Haynes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John P. Haynes
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Karnes County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Karnes County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Karnes County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJohn P. Haynes reported 12 years more in Texas than in Karnes County.
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. Karnes County's entries fill 9 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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