Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmund Grayham, Hill County, Texas, 1869

Edmund Grayham registered to vote in Hill County on November 17, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 11 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.

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

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hill County

Edmund Grayham

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edmund Grayham
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hill County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Hill County
11 years
Years in Texas before Hill County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hill County highlighted
Hill County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Edmund Grayham reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hill County.

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 17 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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