Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Harrison May, Nueces County, Texas, 1869
William Harrison May registered to vote in Nueces County on November 16, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Nueces County
William Harrison May
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Harrison May
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Mays 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 8 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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