Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Cole, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Cole registered to vote in Grayson County on August 17, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Isaac Cole
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Cole
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsIsaac Cole reported 20 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Cole in Grayson County
- Robert Coleborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Coles 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 23 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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