Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major Muroy, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Major Muroy registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Walker County. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Walker County
Major Muroy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major Muroy
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Moses his X mark Murray"
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 34 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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