Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Alexander, Grayson County, Texas, 1869
Jack Alexander registered to vote in Grayson County on November 18, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Jack Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Alexander
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Grayson County
- David Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Syrus Alexanderborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1860
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. It sits on page 35 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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