Hidalgo County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Graves, Hidalgo County, Texas, 1867
Edward Graves registered to vote in Hidalgo County on July 18, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hidalgo County registered 11 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Edward Graves
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Graves
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hidalgo County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Hidalgo County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Hidalgo County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsEdward Graves reported 19 years more in Texas than in Hidalgo County.
Graveses 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 1 of the Hidalgo County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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