Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Clifford Grimes, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Clifford Grimes registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Clifford Grimes

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Clifford Grimes
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Harrison County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Signature, as written
"C. Grimes"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Grimes in Harrison County

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 71 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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