Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Scott Murrell, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Scott Murrell registered to vote in Cooke County on July 25, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 7 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Scott Murrell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Scott Murrell
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsScott Murrell reported 5 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.
Other freedmen named Murrell in Cooke County
- Schnyler Murrellborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
Murrells 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 3 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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