Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Hillyead Morrison, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Hillyead Morrison registered to vote in Brazos County on June 29, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
22 years
In Texas
about 1845
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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In Brazos County

Hillyead Morrison

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Hillyead Morrison
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 29, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Variations of Morrison

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 16 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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