Morgan · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Morgan in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 45 freedmen

45 freedmen named Morgan registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Brazoria County (4), Anderson County (3) and Bastrop County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1832.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Morgans registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Morgan registered, on the 1870 county map
45
Freedmen
25
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1832
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Morgans registered

Texas counties where the Morgans registered
CountyFreedmen%
Brazoria County49%
Anderson County37%
Bastrop County37%
Guadalupe County37%
McLennan County37%
Walker County37%
Brazos County24%
Cherokee County24%
Colorado County24%
Davis County24%
Grayson County24%
Harrison County24%
Jackson County24%
Bowie County12%
Burleson County12%
DeWitt County12%
Falls County12%
Freestone County12%
Galveston County12%
Gonzales County12%
Hill County12%
Hunt County12%
Leon County12%
Madison County12%
Tarrant County12%

Where the Morgans were born

Birthplaces the Morgans reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama618%
Tennessee618%
Virginia618%
Texas412%
Georgia39%
North Carolina39%
Kentucky26%
Mississippi26%
Louisiana13%

When the Morgans reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Morgans
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
2
1840s
8
1850s
11
1860s
23

Every Morgan in the register

The Morgans in the register, 1 to 45 of 45
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abraham MorganAnderson CountyVirginia1863
Adkins MorganMcLennan County1866
Alexander MorganBastrop CountyVirginia1853
Alexander MorganJackson County1855
Alfred MorganTarrant CountyTennessee1865
Ben MorganGalveston County1863
C. MorganGuadalupe CountyNorth Carolina1866
Calhoun MorganHill CountyGeorgia1866
Calvin MorganWalker CountyTennessee1845
Charles MorganJackson County1859
George MorganWalker CountyVirginia1860
Hamilton MorganBrazoria CountyNorth Carolina1832
Henry MorganBrazoria CountyMississippi1832
Henry MorganBrazoria CountyTexas1843
Henry MorganGrayson CountyTennessee1863
Isaac MorganHunt CountyTexas1865
Isaac MorganMadison CountyAlabama1852
James MorganBrazoria CountyTexas1846
James MorganLeon CountyAlabama1847
Jim MorganDeWitt County1845
John MorganAnderson CountyNorth Carolina1863
John MorganDavis CountyVirginia1847
John MorganGuadalupe CountyAlabama1866
John MorganHarrison CountyAlabama1847
Joseph MorganBastrop CountyVirginia1855
Joseph MorganFalls County
Major MorganCherokee CountyTennessee1866
Maston MorganGonzales County1865
Peter MorganBurleson County1867
Randall MorganAnderson CountyVirginia1854
Reuben MorganHarrison CountyGeorgia1858
Sam MorganBastrop CountyTexas1848
Sam MorganCherokee CountyMississippi1866
Sam MorganGuadalupe CountyAlabama1866
Sandy MorganMcLennan County1866
Satham MorganBrazos County1865
Sathaw MorganBrazos County1861
Solomon MorganMcLennan County1866
Tony MorganColorado CountyAlabama1854
Wicliffe MorganWalker CountyKentucky1852
William MorganBowie CountyGeorgia1867
William MorganColorado CountyLouisiana1856
William MorganFreestone CountyTennessee1867
Willis MorganDavis CountyKentucky1859
Wm MorganGrayson CountyTennessee1861

Morgan genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Morgan in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Brazoria County holds 4 of the 45, Anderson County 3. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Morgans in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (6), Tennessee (6) and Virginia (6) as their birthplaces most often, and 4 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Morgan?

Brazoria County (4), Anderson County (3), Bastrop County (3). In all, 45 registered across 25 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Morgan appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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