Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Murry, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Murry registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 13 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Isaac Murry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Murry
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsIsaac Murry reported 7 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Murry in Walker County
- Abram Murryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Andrew Murryborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Austin Murryborn in Texas
- Edward Murryborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- George Murryborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
Murrys 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 22 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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