Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Snow Murrel, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Snow Murrel registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Snow Murrel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Snow Murrel
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Enos x Nichols"
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 10 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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