Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Ray, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Ray registered to vote in Grayson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Samuel Ray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Ray
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ray in Grayson County
- Henry Rayborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- William Rayborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
Rays 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 14 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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