Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabe McMurry, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Gabe McMurry registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Gabe McMurry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabe McMurry
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
McMurrys elsewhere in Texas
Variations of McMurry
- Murry 14
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 41 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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