Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Gray, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Gray registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Gray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Gray
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Gray reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Gray in Harrison County
- Allen Grayborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Washington Grayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
Grays 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 17 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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