Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Murphy, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Henry Murphy registered to vote in Leon County on November 17, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Murphy
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Neasly"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Murphy in Leon County
- Emanuel Murphyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 29 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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