Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Gray, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Gray registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Austin County
Stephen Gray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Gray
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gray in Austin County
- Moses Grayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 26 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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