Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Moore, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Adam Moore registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 31, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Adam Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Moore
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Brazoria County
- Brister Mooreborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
- Sammuel Mooreborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 2 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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