Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Missouri Moppin, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Missouri Moppin registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Missouri Moppin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Missouri Moppin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 41 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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