Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Morris, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Robert Morris registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Robert Morris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Morris
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "R. Morris"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Morris in Harrison County
- A. D. Morrisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Allen Morrisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846
- Elbert Morrisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Henry Morrisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Joseph S. Morrisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
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 46 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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