Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Murray, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

William Murray registered to vote in Fayette County on November 19, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Fayette County

William Murray

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Murray
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 19, 1869
Years in Texas
1 year 6 months
Years in Fayette County
1 year 6 months
Years in the precinct
1 year 6 months
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Murray in Fayette County

Murrays elsewhere in Texas

All 19 freedmen named Murray 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 62 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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