Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Frank Morris, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Frank Morris registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 12, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with District of Columbia and Texas marked
Born in District of Columbia, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
District of Columbia
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
about 1854
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Frank Morris

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Frank Morris
Place of birth
District of Columbia
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 12, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Frank Morris reported 12 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Morrises elsewhere in Texas

All 37 freedmen named Morris in Texas

Variations of Morris

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. Bastrop County's entries fill 50 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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