Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Morgan, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Morgan registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Abraham Morgan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Morgan
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Morgan in Anderson County
- John Morganborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Randall Morganborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Morgans elsewhere in Texas
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 Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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