Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Morgan Fields, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Morgan Fields registered to vote in Caldwell County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Morgan Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Morgan Fields
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Fields in Caldwell County
- Henry Fieldsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Jab Fieldsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- John Fieldsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Strother Fieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Thomas Fieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 17 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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