Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Hayward, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Richard Hayward registered to vote in Bexar County on November 23, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Richard Hayward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Hayward
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 11 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsRichard Hayward reported 29 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Haywards 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 48 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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