Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wesley Moore, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Wesley Moore registered to vote in Fayette County on November 26, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Wesley Moore

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wesley Moore
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Fayette County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Moore in Fayette County

Moores elsewhere in Texas

All 197 freedmen named Moore 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 70 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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