Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major Haines, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Major Haines registered to vote in Walker County on November 19, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Joined" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Major Haines
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major Haines
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Major his X mark Harris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Joined"
Other freedmen named Haines in Walker County
- Henry Hainesborn in Alabama
- Jim Hainesborn in Texas
Haineses 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 42 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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