Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hampton Moore, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Hampton Moore registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Hampton Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hampton Moore
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsHampton Moore reported 13 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Moore in Bastrop County
- Alford Mooreborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1836
- Anderson Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Appleton P. Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Auther Mooreborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Calvin Mooreborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
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 19 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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