Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abraham McGraw, Karnes County, Texas, 1867

Abraham McGraw registered to vote in Karnes County on July 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 2 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Karnes County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Karnes County

Abraham McGraw

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abraham McGraw
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Karnes County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Karnes County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Karnes County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Karnes County highlighted
Karnes County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Abraham McGraw reported 9 years more in Texas than in Karnes County.

McGraws elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named McGraw 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 3 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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