Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Gray, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Moses Gray registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Walker County
Moses Gray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Gray
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Walker County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. X Gray"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gray in Walker County
- Albert Grayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Alexander Grayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Mike Grayborn in Virginia, 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 27 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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