Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fernandes Hayle, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Fernandes Hayle registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Fernandes Hayle
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fernandes Hayle
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Wood County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Fernandes his X mark Hayes"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Hayle in Wood County
- Joseph Hayleborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Hayles 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 7 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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