Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Murray, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Murray registered to vote in Fayette County on July 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Isaac Murray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Murray
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Murray in Fayette County
- Daniel Murrayborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Daniel Murrayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- Peter Murrayborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- William Murrayborn in Mississippi
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 31 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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