Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nimrod Dismuke, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Nimrod Dismuke registered to vote in Grayson County on July 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Nimrod Dismuke
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nimrod Dismuke
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dismuke in Grayson County
- Wyatt Dismukeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
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 2 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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