Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Mays, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
Robert Mays registered to vote in Williamson County on July 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Robert Mays
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Mays
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Edmond his x mark Irving"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mays in Williamson County
- Lem Maysborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
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 3 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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