Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Hays, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George Hays registered to vote in Harrison County on August 27, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Hays
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Hays
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "H Boyd."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGeorge Hays reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Hays in Harrison County
- Daniel Haysborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
Hayses 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 81 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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