Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Moore, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Ben Moore registered to vote in Austin County on November 19, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Ben Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Moore
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 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
- 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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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