Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Morris Liggins, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Morris Liggins registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 24, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Morris Liggins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Morris Liggins
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Ligginses 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 20 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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