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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Grayson County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Grayson County highlighted
Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hume in Grayson County

Humes elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Hume 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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