Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hillyard Moore, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Hillyard Moore registered to vote in Austin County on September 4, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Austin County
Hillyard Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hillyard Moore
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Austin County
- Alexander Mooreborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Bagley Mooreborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Ben Mooreborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- George Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Henderson Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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 44 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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