Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clark Skinner, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Clark Skinner registered to vote in Grayson County on July 15, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Clark Skinner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clark Skinner
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsClark Skinner reported 4 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Skinner in Grayson County
- Richard Skinnerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
Skinners 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 3 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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