Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Willis Ayers, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867

Willis Ayers registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 10, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Kaufman County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
about 1861
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kaufman County

Willis Ayers

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Willis Ayers
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Kaufman County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Kaufman County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Kaufman County
5 years
Signature, as written
"Willis Ayres"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kaufman County highlighted
Kaufman County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Willis Ayers reported 5 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.

Other freedmen named Ayers in Kaufman County

  • Jack Ayersborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1865
  • John Ayersborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857

Ayerses elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Ayers 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 5 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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