Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Morgan, Walker County, Texas, 1867
George Morgan registered to vote in Walker County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 3 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
George Morgan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Morgan
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "George X Morgan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsGeorge Morgan reported 4 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Morgan in Walker County
- Calvin Morganborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1845
- 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 10 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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