Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Moore, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Moore registered to vote in Wilson County on July 16, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Henry Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Moore
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsHenry Moore reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
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 3 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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