Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Potts, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
John Potts registered to vote in Grayson County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Grayson County
John Potts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Potts
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- July Pottsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
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 6 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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