Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chas Emerson, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Chas Emerson registered to vote in Grayson County on July 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Chas Emerson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chas Emerson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Emersons 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 8 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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