Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Moore, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Moore registered to vote in Davis County on August 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Davis County
Nathan Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Moore
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Davis County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Davis County
- Alford Mooreborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Henry Mooreborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Jesse Mooreborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Nathan Mooreborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
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 27 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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