Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Monroe McMurskin, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
Monroe McMurskin registered to vote in Freestone County on November 17, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Monroe McMurskin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Monroe McMurskin
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 33 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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