Grares · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Grares in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Grares registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Dallas County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Kentucky and Texas. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1858.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Grareses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Grares registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
Kentucky
Largest birthplace
1858
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Grareses registered

Texas counties where the Grareses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Dallas County2100%

Where the Grareses were born

Birthplaces the Grareses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Kentucky150%
Texas150%

When the Grareses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Grareses
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
1
1860s
1

Every Grares in the register

The Grareses in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
John GraresDallas CountyTexas1858
Rueben GraresDallas CountyKentucky1861

Grares genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Grares in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Dallas County holds 2 of the 2. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Grareses in Texas come from?

They reported Kentucky (1) and Texas (1) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Grares?

Dallas County (2). In all, 2 registered across 1 Texas county between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Grares appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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