Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Ayrs, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Bob Ayrs registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 10, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Bob Ayrs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Ayrs
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- 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
- "Bob Ayers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsBob Ayrs reported 5 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Ayrs in Kaufman County
- Aaron Ayrsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Aaron Ayrsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
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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