Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Murry Phinney, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Murry Phinney registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Murry Phinney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Murry Phinney
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsMurry Phinney reported 7 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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