Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Dumas, Grayson County, Texas, 1868
Andrew Dumas registered to vote in Grayson County on January 29, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Andrew Dumas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Dumas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 33 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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