Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Moore, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
William Moore registered to vote in Fayette County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Fayette County
William Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Moore
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 57 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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