Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Ayers, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
John Ayers registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
John Ayers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Ayers
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "John Ayers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJohn Ayers reported 9 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Ayers in Kaufman County
- Jack Ayersborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1865
- Willis Ayersborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1861
Ayerses 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 2 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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