Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Murray, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
James Murray registered to vote in Anderson County on August 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
James Murray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Murray
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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