Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Murril, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Murril registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Thomas Murril
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Murril
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas x Murril"
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 12 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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