Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Milton Moore, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Milton Moore registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 20 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Milton Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Milton Moore
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsMilton Moore reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Moore in Fayette County
- Aaron L Mooreborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
- Alfred Mooreborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- Anderson Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Antony Mooreborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Ceasar Mooreborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
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 35 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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