Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert Cole, Grayson County, Texas, 1867

Robert Cole registered to vote in Grayson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Grayson County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

1852186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Grayson County

Robert Cole

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Robert Cole
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Grayson County
Precinct
8
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Grayson County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Grayson County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Grayson County highlighted
Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Robert Cole reported 14 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.

Other freedmen named Cole in Grayson County

  • Isaac Coleborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846

Coles elsewhere in Texas

All 36 freedmen named Cole 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 15 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Grayson County, Texas

Grayson County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Grayson CountyThe Cole name in TexasBorn in TennesseeSearch Grayson County by name

Robert Cole, Grayson County, Texas, 1867 | Enslaved Texas