Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Gray, Grayson County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Gray registered to vote in Grayson County on August 1, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Grayson County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In Grayson County

Thomas Gray

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Gray
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Grayson County
Precinct
14
Registered
August 1, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Grayson County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Grayson County highlighted
Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Gray in Grayson County

  • Cross Grayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
  • Jasper Grayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860

Grays elsewhere in Texas

All 45 freedmen named Gray 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 17 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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