Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Morgan, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Morgan registered to vote in Walker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Calvin Morgan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Morgan
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Calvin Morgan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsCalvin Morgan reported 15 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Morgan in Walker County
- George Morganborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Wicliffe Morganborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
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 2 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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