Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henderson Moore, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Henderson Moore registered to vote in Austin County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Henderson Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henderson Moore
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsHenderson Moore reported 8 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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
- 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 37 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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