Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Murphy, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Murphy registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Lewis Murphy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Murphy
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsLewis Murphy reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Murphy in Colorado County
- Alexander Murphyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- David Murphyborn in Tennessee, 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 15 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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