Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Moore, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Moore registered to vote in Austin County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Austin County
Alexander Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Moore
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Austin County
- 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
- Hillyard Mooreborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
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 Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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