Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Emberson, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Robert Emberson registered to vote in Grayson County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Robert Emberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Emberson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsRobert Emberson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Embersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Emberson
- Emerson 7
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 23 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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