Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Morrison, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Morrison registered to vote in Grayson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Joseph Morrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Morrison
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Morrisons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Morrison
- Morris 37
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 12 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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