Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Sloan, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Harrison Sloan registered to vote in Grayson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Harrison Sloan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Sloan
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Sloans 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 15 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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