Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Roper, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Roper registered to vote in Grayson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Henry Roper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Roper
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Ropers 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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