Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
March Murcher, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
March Murcher registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
March Murcher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- March Murcher
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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