Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Westly Parker, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Westly Parker registered to vote in Grayson County on July 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Westly Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Westly Parker
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Parker in Grayson County
- Nelson Parkerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- P.H. Parkerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
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 1 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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