Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thos Carson, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Thos Carson registered to vote in Grayson County on July 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Thos Carson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thos Carson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsThos Carson reported 12 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Carsons 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 3 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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