Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Graves, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Graves registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Daniel Graves
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Graves
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. Graves"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Graves in Harrison County
- Addison Gravesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Ephraim Gravesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- George Gravesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Goot H. Gravesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Samuel Gravesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
Graveses 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 48 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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