Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Hays, Harris County, Texas, 1867
James Hays registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harris County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harris County registered 2,039 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harris County
James Hays
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Hays
- County of registration
- Harris County
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harris County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harris County
- 11 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Reconstruction laws of Congress"
- Naturalized, when
- "1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Ben his x mark Fair Attorney"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJames Hays reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harris County.
Hayses 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 1 of the Harris County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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