Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Ray, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Ray registered to vote in Grayson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Ray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Ray
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHenry Ray reported 1 year more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Ray in Grayson County
- Samuel Rayborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- 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 12 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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