Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Hayes, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Hayes registered to vote in Madison County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Joseph Hayes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Hayes
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Madison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Hayes"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJoseph Hayes reported 11 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Hayeses 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 14 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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