Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Toliver, Grayson County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Toliver registered to vote in Grayson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Grayson County, Texas
Tennessee
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Grayson County

Joseph Toliver

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Toliver
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Grayson County
Precinct
8
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Grayson County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Grayson County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Grayson County highlighted
Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Joseph Toliver reported 1 year more in Texas than in Grayson County.

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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