Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Warren Potts, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Warren Potts registered to vote in Grayson County on August 1, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 18 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Warren Potts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Warren Potts
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 14
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsWarren Potts reported 2 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Potts in Grayson County
- Ambros Pottsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Aug Pottsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
- Isaac Pottsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Jacob Pottsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- John Pottsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Pottses 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 17 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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