Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Mays, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sam Mays registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Walker County
Sam Mays
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Mays
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Walker County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. J. his X mark Kaye"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mays in Walker County
- Andrew Maysborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Charles Maysborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Harrison Maysborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1841
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 24 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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