Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Murphy, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Robert Murphy registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Robert Murphy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Murphy
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 21 years
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsRobert Murphy reported 21 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
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 12 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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