Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Morris, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Morris registered to vote in Walker County on September 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Isaac Morris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Morris
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac X Morris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Morris in Walker County
- Joseph Morrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- 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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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