Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John May, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John May registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
John May
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John May
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named May in Austin County
- Henry Mayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
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 5 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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