Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Augustus Leeper, Grayson County, Texas, 1867

Augustus Leeper registered to vote in Grayson County on August 27, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 5 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 District of Columbia and Texas marked
Born in District of Columbia, registered in Grayson County, Texas
District of Columbia
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Grayson County

Augustus Leeper

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Augustus Leeper
Place of birth
District of Columbia
County of registration
Grayson County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 27, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Grayson County
5 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Years in Texas before Grayson County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Grayson County highlighted
Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Augustus Leeper reported 9 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.

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 28 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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