Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Hayes, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Hayes registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 1, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 41 years in Texas, 41 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 41 years
- In Texas
- 41 years
- In the county
- about 1826
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1826 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Thomas Hayes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Hayes
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 41 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 41 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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