Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Mays, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Robert Mays registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Robert Mays
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Mays
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "R. Mays"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Mays in Harrison County
- Randall Maysborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
Mayses 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 48 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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