Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Collins Moody, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Collins Moody registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Collins Moody
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Collins Moody
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsCollins Moody reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Moody in Harrison County
- Allen Moodyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
- Morris Moodyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Moodys 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 74 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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