Erath County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Perry Graves, Erath County, Texas, 1867
Perry Graves registered to vote in Erath County on August 16, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 8 of them in Erath County. Erath County registered 21 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Perry Graves
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Perry Graves
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Erath County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Erath County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Erath County
- 6 years
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsPerry Graves reported 6 years more in Texas than in Erath County.
Other freedmen named Graves in Erath County
- Spencer Gravesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Graveses 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 3 of the Erath County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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