Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Guess, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Richard Guess registered to vote in Grayson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Richard Guess
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Guess
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Guesses 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 15 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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