Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lee Morras, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Lee Morras registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 21, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Lee Morras
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lee Morras
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Geo Moore"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsLee Morras reported 15 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Morras in Kaufman County
- Charley Morrasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
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 13 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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