Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Moore, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Moore registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Samuel Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Moore
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. Moore"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsSamuel Moore reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Moore in Harrison County
- Benjamin Mooreborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
- Berry Mooreborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Charles Mooreborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
- Edward Mooreborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- Ephraim Mooreborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
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 45 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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