Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Morgan, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Isaac Morgan registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Isaac Morgan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Morgan
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Madison County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jesse Morgan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsIsaac Morgan reported 16 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Morgans 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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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