Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Syrus Alexander, Grayson County, Texas, 1869
Syrus Alexander registered to vote in Grayson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Syrus Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Syrus Alexander
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Grayson County
- David Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Jack Alexanderborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
Alexanders 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. Grayson County's entries fill 38 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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