Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Erasmus Murphy, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Erasmus Murphy registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Walker County
Erasmus Murphy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Erasmus Murphy
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "his X mark Murphy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Murphy in Walker County
- Anthony Murphyborn in Alabama
- Washington Murphyborn in Kentucky
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 30 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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