Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Paten Murphy, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Paten Murphy registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Kaufman County
Paten Murphy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Paten Murphy
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Paten Murphy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 2 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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