Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Emanuel Murphy, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Emanuel Murphy registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Emanuel Murphy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Emanuel Murphy
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Edward Murphy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsEmanuel Murphy reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Murphy in Leon County
- Henry Murphyborn in Alabama
- Ned Murphyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
- 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 13 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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