Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Bruce, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Bruce registered to vote in Grayson County on July 18, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Elijah Bruce
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Bruce
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bruces 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 6 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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