Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Hamilton Black, Grayson County, Texas, 1867

Hamilton Black registered to vote in Grayson County on August 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Grayson County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Grayson County

Hamilton Black

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Hamilton Black
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Grayson County
Precinct
13
Registered
August 24, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Grayson County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Grayson County
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Grayson County highlighted
Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Hamilton Black reported 16 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.

Blacks elsewhere in Texas

All 40 freedmen named Black 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 Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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