Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Slaughter, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Slaughter registered to vote in Grayson County on August 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Thomas Slaughter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Slaughter
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 14
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Slaughter in Grayson County
- Edmon Slaughterborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1856
- John Slaughterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
Slaughters 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 17 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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