Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Len Morris, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Len Morris registered to vote in Walker County on February 1, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Len Morris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Len Morris
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- February 1, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "Levi his X mark Morris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsLen Morris reported 28 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Morris in Walker County
- Isaac Morrisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Joseph Morrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
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 38 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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