Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anderson Murray, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869

Anderson Murray registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 21, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Kaufman County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
about 1861
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kaufman County

Anderson Murray

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anderson Murray
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Kaufman County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 21, 1869
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Kaufman County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Kaufman County
7 years
Signature, as written
"Andrew Murry."
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kaufman County highlighted
Kaufman County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Anderson Murray reported 7 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.

Other freedmen named Murray in Kaufman County

Murrays elsewhere in Texas

All 24 freedmen named Murray 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 12 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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