Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Gray, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Frank Gray registered to vote in Anderson County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Frank Gray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Gray
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsFrank Gray reported 2 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Gray in Anderson County
- Paimer Grayborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Ted Grayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 22 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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