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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Murray in Fayette County
- Daniel Murrayborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Daniel Murrayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- Isaac Murrayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Peter Murrayborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
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 62 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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