Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ephraim Newcomb, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Ephraim Newcomb registered to vote in Grayson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 7 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Ephraim Newcomb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ephraim Newcomb
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsEphraim Newcomb reported 2 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Newcomb in Grayson County
- George Newcombborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
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 15 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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