Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Murphy, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
David Murphy registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
David Murphy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Murphy
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Murphy in Colorado County
- Alexander Murphyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Lewis Murphyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Titus Murphyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- William Murphyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
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 20 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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