Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Murry, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Austin Murry registered to vote in Walker County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Austin Murry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Murry
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Austin his X mark Mowry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Murry in Walker County
- Abram Murryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Andrew Murryborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Edward Murryborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- George Murryborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Hult Murryborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1838
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 45 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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