Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Murray, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Murray registered to vote in Fayette County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Daniel Murray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Murray
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Murray in Fayette County
- Daniel Murrayborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Isaac Murrayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- 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 37 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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