Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Gray, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Gray registered to vote in Walker County on September 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Alexander Gray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Gray
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alexander X Gray"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsAlexander Gray reported 15 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Gray in Walker County
- Albert Grayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Mike Grayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Moses Grayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
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 32 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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