Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Mays, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Harrison Mays registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 17 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
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Harrison Mays
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Mays
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Walker County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "H. X Mays"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsHarrison Mays reported 9 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Mays in Walker County
- Andrew Maysborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Charles Maysborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- 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 27 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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