Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned Murphy, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Ned Murphy registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Ned Murphy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned Murphy
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Leon County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ben x Horn"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Murphy in Leon County
- Emanuel Murphyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Henry Murphyborn in Alabama
- Zacharia Murphyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
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 2 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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