Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Murry, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1868
Samuel Murry registered to vote in Van Zandt County on January 30, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 5 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Samuel Murry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Murry
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsSamuel Murry reported 16 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt County.
Murrys 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 18 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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