Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Grey, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Grey registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Matagorda County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Matagorda County

Thomas Grey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Grey
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Matagorda County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 28, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Matagorda County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Matagorda County
7 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Matagorda County highlighted
Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Thomas Grey reported 7 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.

Other freedmen named Grey in Matagorda County

  • Dennis Greyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863

Greys elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Grey 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 14 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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