Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Mewer, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Mewer registered to vote in Grayson County on July 18, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Henry Mewer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Mewer
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mewer in Grayson County
- Geo Mewerborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
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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