Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Moore, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Anderson Moore registered to vote in Bowie County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Anderson Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Moore
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Bowie County
- Bony Mooreborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- Calvin Mooreborn in Tennessee
- Charley Mooreborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867
- Elijah Mooreborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Joshua Mooreborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
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 19 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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