Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Hayes, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
William Hayes registered to vote in Brazos County on July 19, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 6 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
William Hayes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Hayes
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsWilliam Hayes reported 9 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Hayes in Brazos County
- Dock Hayesreached Texas about 1863
- Jim Hayesreached Texas about 1849
- Reuben Hayesreached Texas about 1844
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 25 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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