Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Boyd, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Boyd registered to vote in Grayson County on July 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Andrew Boyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Boyd
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Boyd in Grayson County
- 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
- Robert Boydborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1854
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 8 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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