Mays · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Mays in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 17 freedmen

17 freedmen named Mays registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Walker County (5), Colorado County (3) and Harrison County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1841.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Mayses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Mays registered, on the 1870 county map
17
Freedmen
8
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1841
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Mayses registered

Texas counties where the Mayses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Walker County529%
Colorado County318%
Harrison County212%
Leon County212%
Williamson County212%
Brazos County16%
Freestone County16%
Hopkins County16%

Where the Mayses were born

Birthplaces the Mayses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee425%
Alabama319%
Mississippi319%
Kentucky213%
Virginia213%
Georgia16%
Texas16%

When the Mayses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Mayses
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
10
1850s
3
1860s
4

Every Mays in the register

The Mayses in the register, 1 to 17 of 17
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Aleck MaysLeon CountyTennessee1852
Andrew MaysWalker CountyAlabama1849
Charles MaysWalker CountyTexas1844
Collin MaysColorado CountyAlabama1846
Hardy MaysColorado CountyVirginia1846
Harrison MaysWalker CountyMississippi1841
Hebron MaysHopkins CountyGeorgia1858
Houston MaysLeon CountyTennessee1852
John MaysColorado CountyMississippi1846
Lem MaysWilliamson CountyTennessee1866
Maldrew MaysBrazos County1866
Randall MaysHarrison CountyVirginia1849
Randall MaysWalker CountyKentucky
Robert MaysHarrison CountyAlabama1847
Robert MaysWilliamson CountyTennessee1866
Sam MaysWalker CountyMississippi1849
William MaysFreestone CountyKentucky1849

Mays genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Mays in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Walker County holds 5 of the 17, Colorado County 3. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Mayses in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (4), Alabama (3) and Mississippi (3) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Mays?

Walker County (5), Colorado County (3), Harrison County (2). In all, 17 registered across 8 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Mays appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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