Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Morgan, Davis County, Texas, 1867
John Morgan registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Davis County
John Morgan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Morgan
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Davis County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Morgan in Davis County
- Willis Morganborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
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 61 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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