Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Morris Moody, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Morris Moody registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Morris Moody
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Morris Moody
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. Moody."
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Moody in Harrison County
- Allen Moodyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
- Collins Moodyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Moodys 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 46 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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