Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Mayo, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
James Mayo registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 6, 1867. He reported 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Proof of age by Judge Orton" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Lavaca County
James Mayo
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Mayo
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Naturalized, how
- "County Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 6th 1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "LaGrange, Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "James Mayo"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Proof of age by Judge Orton"
Other freedmen named Mayo in Lavaca County
- Aaron Mayoreached Texas about 1849
Mayos 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 6 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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