Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Moore, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Elijah Moore registered to vote in Bowie County on August 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- 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 Bowie County
Elijah Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Moore
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Bowie County
- Anderson Mooreborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1849
- Bony Mooreborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- Calvin Mooreborn in Tennessee
- Charley Mooreborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867
- 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 15 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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