Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Russell Wimberly, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Russell Wimberly registered to vote in Grayson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 15 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Russell Wimberly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Russell Wimberly
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearRussell Wimberly 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 19 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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