Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hamilton Morgan, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Hamilton Morgan registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 6, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Hamilton Morgan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hamilton Morgan
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 35 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Morgan in Brazoria County
- Henry Morganborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1832
- Henry Morganborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- James Morganborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Morgans 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 31 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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