Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abram Grimes, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Abram Grimes registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Born in Georgia, registered in Harrison County, Texas

Georgia
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Harrison County

Abram Grimes

Texas

Name: Abram Grimes
Place of birth: Georgia
County of registration: Harrison County
Precinct: 1
Registered: July 25, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Harrison County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Signature, as written: "A. Gurney"
Remarks, as written: "colored"

Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Grimes in Harrison County

Bartlett Grimesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
Charles Grimesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
Clifford Grimesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
Jacob Grimesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
James Grimesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858

Grimeses elsewhere in Texas

All 25 freedmen named Grimes 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 44 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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