Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Grares, Dallas County, Texas, 1868
John Grares registered to vote in Dallas County on January 31, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
John Grares
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Grares
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJohn Grares reported 9 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Grares in Dallas County
- Rueben Graresborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
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 34 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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