Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moris Parker, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Moris Parker registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Moris Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moris Parker
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Parkers 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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