Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Gray, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Moses Gray registered to vote in Austin County on November 18, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 3 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Moses Gray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Gray
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsMoses Gray reported 7 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Gray in Austin County
- Stephen Grayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Thomas Grayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- 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 55 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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