Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel Moore, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Sammuel Moore registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Sammuel Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel Moore
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Brazoria County
- Adam Mooreborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Brister Mooreborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
- Wesley Mooreborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
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 8 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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