Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peyton Murray, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Peyton Murray registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 19, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored Removed" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Peyton Murray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peyton Murray
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Removed"
Other freedmen named Murray in Gonzales County
- Terrill Murrayreached Texas about 1847
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 36 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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