Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Moore, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
George Moore registered to vote in Fayette County on November 23, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 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.
- Georgia
- 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 Fayette County
George Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Moore
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 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 65 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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