Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James May, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
James May registered to vote in Tyler County on August 1, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Tyler County
James May
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James May
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "James May"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named May in Tyler County
- Frank Mayborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Frank Mayborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Joseph Mayborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Mays 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 2 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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