Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Coffey, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Coffey registered to vote in Grayson County on September 28, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Henry Coffey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Coffey
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 13
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coffey in Grayson County
- Lewis Coffeyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
Variations of Coffey
- Coffee 8
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 32 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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