Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Riall Grigsby, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Riall Grigsby registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Riall Grigsby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Riall Grigsby
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. G. Grigsby"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsRiall Grigsby reported 19 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Grigsbys 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 16 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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