Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph May, Tyler County, Texas, 1867

Joseph 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.

Born in Georgia, registered in Tyler County, Texas

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

Joseph May

Texas

Name: Joseph May
Place of birth: Georgia
County of registration: Tyler County
Precinct: 3
Registered: August 1, 1867
Years in Texas: 10 years
Years in Tyler County: 10 years
Years in the precinct: 10 years
Signature, as written: "Joseph May"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Tyler County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named May in Tyler County

Frank Mayborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Frank Mayborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
James Mayborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857

Mays elsewhere in Texas

All 26 freedmen named May 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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