Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henderson Murry, Wilson County, Texas, 1869
Henderson Murry registered to vote in Wilson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wilson County
Henderson Murry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henderson Murry
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 11 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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