Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Moore, Karnes County, Texas, 1867
George Moore registered to vote in Karnes County on July 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Moore
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Karnes County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Karnes County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Karnes County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsGeorge Moore reported 3 years more in Texas than in Karnes County.
Moores 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. It sits on page 3 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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