Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Montgomery, Grayson County, Texas, 1868
Benjamin Montgomery registered to vote in Grayson County on January 31, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Benjamin Montgomery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Montgomery
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Montgomery in Grayson County
- Howard Montgomeryborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
Montgomerys 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 34 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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