Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wm Copeland, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Wm Copeland registered to vote in Grayson County on July 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Wm Copeland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wm Copeland
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsWm Copeland reported 13 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Copelands 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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