Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joan Murry, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Joan Murry registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Joan Murry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joan Murry
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Murrys 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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