Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elbert Morris, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Elbert Morris registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Elbert Morris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elbert Morris
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- 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
- Henry Morrisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Joseph S. Morrisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Robert Morrisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
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 17 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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