Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert May, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Robert May registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Robert May
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert May
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Prewett"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named May in Harrison County
- Albert Mayborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Mayborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846
- Houston Mayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- John Mayborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Madison Mayborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1846
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 73 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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