Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Ayers, Kaufman County, Texas, 1868
Jack Ayers registered to vote in Kaufman County on January 31, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Kaufman County
Jack Ayers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Ayers
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jant Ayres"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ayers in Kaufman County
- John Ayersborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- 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 18 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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