Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaiah Gordon, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Isaiah Gordon registered to vote in Grayson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Isaiah Gordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaiah Gordon
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Gordons 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 18 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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