Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Mays, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Charles Mays registered to vote in Walker County on August 14, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Charles Mays
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Mays
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Chas his X mark Mays"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsCharles Mays reported 22 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Mays in Walker County
- Andrew Maysborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Harrison Maysborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1841
- Sam Maysborn in Mississippi, 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 11 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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