Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Gray, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Gray registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Anderson Gray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Gray
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gray in Brazoria County
- John Grayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
Grays 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 18 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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