Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Grimes, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Washington Grimes registered to vote in Harrison County on July 17, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Washington Grimes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Grimes
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Grimes in Harrison County
- Abram Grimesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- 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
Grimeses 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 32 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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