Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Murphy, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Murphy registered to vote in Harrison County on July 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Nathan Murphy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Murphy
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsNathan Murphy reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Murphy in Harrison County
- James Murphyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Jessee Murphyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- John Murphyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
Murphys 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 30 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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