Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Grant, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Willis Grant registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 3, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Lavaca County
Willis Grant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Grant
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Willis Good"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Grant in Lavaca County
- Samuel Grantreached Texas about 1855
Grants 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 4 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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