Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Kyle Morris, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Kyle Morris registered to vote in Colorado County on July 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Kyle Morris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Kyle Morris
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsKyle Morris reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Morris in Colorado County
- Clement Morrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Frank Morrisborn in Mexico
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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