Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Crenshaw, Grayson County, Texas, 1869
John Crenshaw registered to vote in Grayson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Grayson County
John Crenshaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Crenshaw
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Crenshaw in Grayson County
- William Crenshawborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1846
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 37 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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