Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chas Boler, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Chas Boler registered to vote in Grayson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Chas Boler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chas Boler
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsChas Boler reported 3 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
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 14 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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