Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benj Hume, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Benj Hume registered to vote in Grayson County on July 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Benj Hume
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benj Hume
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hume in Grayson County
- George Humeborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
Humes 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 5 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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