Kendall County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Murray City, Kendall County, Texas, 1867
Murray City registered to vote in Kendall County on August 12, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 5 of them in Kendall County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Kendall County registered 31 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Murray City
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Murray City
- County of registration
- Kendall County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Kendall County
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Kendall County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsMurray City reported 8 years more in Texas than in Kendall County.
Other freedmen named City in Kendall County
- Hiram Cityreached Texas about 1854
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 3 of the Kendall County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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