Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Hayes, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Jim Hayes registered to vote in Brazos County on July 19, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Jim Hayes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Hayes
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hayes in Brazos County
- Dock Hayesreached Texas about 1863
- Reuben Hayesreached Texas about 1844
- William Hayesreached Texas about 1852
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 24 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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