Washington County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ruben Morison, Washington County, Texas, 1867
Ruben Morison registered to vote in Washington County on June 14, 1867. He reported 35 years in Texas, 2 of them in Washington County. The registrar wrote "F.M.C" beside his name. Washington County registered 2,279 freedmen in 1867, 53% of its voters.
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
- 33 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Ruben Morison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ruben Morison
- County of registration
- Washington County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Washington County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Washington County
- 33 years
- Signature, as written
- "Austin his X mark Fowler"
- Remarks, as written
- "F.M.C"
Elsewhere in Texas
33 yearsRuben Morison reported 33 years more in Texas than in Washington County.
Morisons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Morison
- Morrison 18
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 5 of the Washington County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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