Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Morris, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Morris registered to vote in Walker County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Joseph Morris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Morris
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph X Morris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Morris in Walker County
- Isaac Morrisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Len Morrisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1838
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 4 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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