Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Spencer Grant, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Spencer Grant registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 12, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 2 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
36 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1831
Reached Texas
34 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1831 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

Spencer Grant

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Spencer Grant
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
36 years
Years in Tarrant County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Tarrant County
34 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

34 years

Spencer Grant reported 34 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.

Grants elsewhere in Texas

All 43 freedmen named Grant 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 9 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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