Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Gray, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Moses Gray registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 7, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Moses Gray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Gray
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Mark Gray"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsMoses Gray reported 9 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Gray in Kaufman County
- Dock Grayborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1861
- Nelson Grayborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1863
- Newman Grayborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
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 2 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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