Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Parker, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Parker registered to vote in Grayson County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Nelson Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Parker
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Parker in Grayson County
- P.H. Parkerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
- Westly Parkerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Parkers 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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