Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Morris, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Frank Morris registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mexico as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mexico
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Frank Morris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Morris
- Place of birth
- Mexico
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Morris in Colorado County
- Clement Morrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Kyle Morrisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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. It sits on page 53 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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