Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry May, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Henry May registered to vote in Davis County on November 20, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Henry May
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry May
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Davis County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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