Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis Grey, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Dennis Grey registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 14, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Dennis Grey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis Grey
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearDennis Grey reported 1 year more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Grey in Matagorda County
- Thomas Greyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
Greys 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 6 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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