Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Grier, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
James Grier registered to vote in Galveston County on July 8, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
James Grier
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Grier
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJames Grier reported 5 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Grier in Galveston County
- John L Grierreached Texas about 1863
Griers 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 37 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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