Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Grant, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
William Grant registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
William Grant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Grant
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Grant in Colorado County
- Albert Grantborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- John Grantborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
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 48 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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