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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Colorado County
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Murphy in Colorado County

Murphys elsewhere in Texas

All 35 freedmen named Murphy 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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