Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Morris, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jefferson Morris registered to vote in Fayette County on July 16, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Jefferson Morris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Morris
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJefferson Morris reported 11 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Morrises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Morris
- Morrison 16
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 13 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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