Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mat Morris, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Mat Morris registered to vote in Shelby County on November 25, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Mat Morris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mat Morris
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- November 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
- Signature, as written
- "Mat Morris"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Morris in Shelby County
- Charles Morrisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
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 24 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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