Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Morris, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Willis Morris registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 18 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Willis Morris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Morris
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsWillis Morris reported 2 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Morrises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Morris
- Morrison 16
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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