Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Murray, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Robert Murray registered to vote in Bexar County on July 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Robert Murray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Murray
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsRobert Murray reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
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 16 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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