Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Morris Francis, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Morris Francis registered to vote in Austin County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Austin County
Morris Francis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Morris Francis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Austin County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Francis in Austin County
- John Francisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Plers Francisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Win Francisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
Francises 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 5 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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