Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Boyd, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Robert Boyd registered to vote in Grayson County on August 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Robert Boyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Boyd
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 14
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Boyd in Grayson County
- Andrew Boydborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Denis Boydborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- George Boydborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Jerry Boydborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Boyds 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 28 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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