Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mike Gray, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Mike Gray registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Mike Gray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mike Gray
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Mock his X mark Gray"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsMike Gray reported 14 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Gray in Walker County
- Albert Grayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Alexander Grayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 36 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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