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