Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Murray, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George Murray registered to vote in Colorado County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Colorado County
George Murray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Murray
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Murray in Colorado County
- Stephen Murrayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Murrays 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 29 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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