Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Murray, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Jack Murray registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Jack Murray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Murray
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack Murray"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJack Murray reported 16 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Murray in Kaufman County
- Anderson Murrayborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
- Henry Murrayborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
Murrays 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 6 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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