Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Moore, Johnson County, Texas, 1867

Henry Moore registered to vote in Johnson County on August 8, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Johnson County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
about 1865
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Johnson County

Henry Moore

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Moore
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Johnson County
Precinct
Grandview
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Johnson County highlighted
Johnson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Moore in Johnson County

  • Jeff Mooreborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
  • T Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866

Moores elsewhere in Texas

All 197 freedmen named Moore 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. Johnson County's entries fill 20 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Johnson County, Texas

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