Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Massey, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Massey registered to vote in Grayson County on August 28, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Alfred Massey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Massey
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Massey in Grayson County
- Doctor Masseyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 29 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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