Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jasper Gray, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Jasper Gray registered to vote in Grayson County on August 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- 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
Jasper Gray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jasper Gray
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gray in Grayson County
- Cross Grayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Thomas Grayborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
Grays 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 22 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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