Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Gray, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Gray registered to vote in Austin County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Thomas Gray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Gray
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gray in Austin County
- Moses Grayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Stephen Grayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Thomas Grayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 1 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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