Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Martin Perry, Grayson County, Texas, 1867

Martin Perry registered to vote in Grayson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Grayson County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Grayson County

Martin Perry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Martin Perry
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Grayson County
Precinct
8
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Grayson County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Grayson County highlighted
Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Perry in Grayson County

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All 58 freedmen named Perry 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 16 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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