Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Murphy, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Murphy registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Alexander Murphy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Murphy
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Murphy in Colorado County
- David Murphyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
- 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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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