Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Morris Rector, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Morris Rector registered to vote in Bastrop County on September 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Morris Rector
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Morris Rector
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsMorris Rector reported 11 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Rector in Bastrop County
- Amos Rectorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- James Rectorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Sadwell Rectorborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Wesley Rectorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
Rectors 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 39 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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