Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Crenshaw, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
William Crenshaw registered to vote in Grayson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Grayson County
William Crenshaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Crenshaw
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Crenshaw in Grayson County
- John Crenshawborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
Crenshaws 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 15 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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