Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Murray, Atascosa County, Texas, 1869
William Murray registered to vote in Atascosa County on November 23, 1869. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 3 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Murray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Murray
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWilliam Murray reported 3 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
Murrays 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 11 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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