Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Grant, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Henry Grant registered to vote in Walker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- 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
Henry Grant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Grant
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry X Grant"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHenry Grant reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Grant in Walker County
- Augustus Grantborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
- Major General Grantborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1859
- Richard Grantborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
Grants 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 2 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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