Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Doctor Massey, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Doctor Massey registered to vote in Grayson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Doctor Massey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Doctor Massey
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 14
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Massey in Grayson County
- Alfred Masseyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1854
Masseys 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 19 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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