Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Pruit, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Frank Pruit registered to vote in Grayson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- 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
Frank Pruit
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Pruit
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 12 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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