Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levy Moody, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Levy Moody registered to vote in Bastrop County on September 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Levy Moody
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levy Moody
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsLevy Moody reported 10 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
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 39 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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