Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry May, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Henry May registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
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

Henry May

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry May
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
July 23, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Austin County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named May in Austin County

  • John Mayborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864

Mays elsewhere in Texas

All 22 freedmen named May 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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