Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmon Slaughter, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Edmon Slaughter registered to vote in Grayson County on July 13, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 10 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Edmon Slaughter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmon Slaughter
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearEdmon Slaughter reported 1 year more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Slaughter in Grayson County
- John Slaughterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Thomas 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 1 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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