Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lee Hudson, Grayson County, Texas, 1867

Lee Hudson registered to vote in Grayson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Grayson County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Grayson County

Lee Hudson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lee Hudson
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Grayson County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Grayson County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 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 Hudson in Grayson County

Hudsons elsewhere in Texas

All 22 freedmen named Hudson 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 12 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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