Gray · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Gray in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 45 freedmen

45 freedmen named Gray registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Falls County (5), Austin County (4) and Caldwell County (4). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Alabama and South Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1842.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Grays registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Gray registered, on the 1870 county map
45
Freedmen
18
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1842
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Grays registered

Texas counties where the Grays registered
CountyFreedmen%
Falls County511%
Austin County49%
Caldwell County49%
Walker County49%
Wharton County49%
Anderson County37%
Grayson County37%
Harrison County37%
Bastrop County24%
Brazoria County24%
Cherokee County24%
Colorado County24%
Davis County24%
Bexar County12%
Collin County12%
Fayette County12%
Galveston County12%
Shelby County12%

Where the Grays were born

Birthplaces the Grays reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia1131%
Alabama514%
South Carolina514%
Georgia411%
Mississippi411%
Kentucky39%
Maryland13%
Tennessee13%
Texas13%

When the Grays reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Grays
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
4
1850s
15
1860s
22

Every Gray in the register

The Grays in the register, 1 to 45 of 45
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert GrayWalker CountyAlabama1850
Alexander GrayWalker CountyAlabama1851
Allen GrayHarrison CountyGeorgia1855
Anderson GrayBrazoria CountyVirginia1859
Cross GrayGrayson CountySouth Carolina1860
Eli GrayShelby CountyAlabama1852
Frank GrayAnderson CountyTennessee1863
Gabriel GrayBexar CountyAlabama1863
George GrayColorado CountyVirginia1858
George GrayFayette CountyKentucky1863
Gilbert GrayCaldwell CountyGeorgia1866
Gilpin GrayWharton County1866
Henderson GrayFalls County
Jack GrayCaldwell CountyMississippi1866
Jackson GrayCherokee CountyVirginia1866
James GrayCherokee CountyMaryland1866
Janeton GrayCollin CountyKentucky1855
Jasper GrayGrayson CountySouth Carolina1860
Jefferson GrayCaldwell CountyMississippi1866
Jerry GrayFalls County
Joe GrayWharton County1866
John GrayBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1851
John GrayFalls County
John GrayHarrison CountyVirginia1863
Lester GrayFalls County1856
Louis GrayBastrop CountyVirginia1864
Matthew GrayFalls County
Mike GrayWalker CountyVirginia1852
Moses GrayAustin CountySouth Carolina1859
Moses GrayCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Moses GrayWalker CountyVirginia1845
Oliver GrayDavis CountyGeorgia1853
Paimer GrayAnderson CountyMississippi1852
Peter GrayDavis CountyGeorgia1867
Richard GrayGalveston County1842
Robert GrayWharton County1866
Squire GrayColorado CountyKentucky1852
Stephen GrayAustin CountyVirginia1847
Ted GrayAnderson CountyAlabama1852
Thomas GrayAustin CountySouth Carolina1860
Thomas GrayAustin CountyVirginia1863
Thomas GrayGrayson CountyMississippi1860
Thomas GrayWharton County1867
Walker GrayBastrop CountyTexas1848
Washington GrayHarrison CountyVirginia1861

Gray genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Gray in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Falls County holds 5 of the 45, Austin County 4. 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 Grays in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (11), Alabama (5) and South Carolina (5) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Gray?

Falls County (5), Austin County (4), Caldwell County (4). In all, 45 registered across 18 Texas counties 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 Gray appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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