Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
A. Drake, Grayson County, Texas, 1868
A. Drake registered to vote in Grayson County on January 31, 1868. 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 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
A. Drake
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- A. Drake
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 14
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Drakes 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. Grayson County's entries fill 38 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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