Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Whaley, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Sam Whaley registered to vote in Grayson County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Sam Whaley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Whaley
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 13
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsSam Whaley reported 6 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Whaleys 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 11 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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