Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Murphy, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Robert Murphy registered to vote in Grayson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Robert Murphy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Murphy
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Murphy in Grayson County
- Jacob Murphyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
Murphys 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 12 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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