Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charley Morras, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867

Charley Morras registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Kaufman County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kaufman County

Charley Morras

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charley Morras
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Kaufman County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 28, 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
"Charley Morris"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kaufman County highlighted
Kaufman County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Charley Morras reported 15 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.

Other freedmen named Morras in Kaufman County

  • Lee Morrasborn in Kentucky, 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 16 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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