Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cyrus Grant, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Cyrus Grant registered to vote in Fayette County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Cyrus Grant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cyrus Grant
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Grant in Fayette County
- Rufus Grantborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Warren Grantborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Grants 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 37 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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