Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Moore, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
William Moore registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 17, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
William Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Moore
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsWilliam Moore reported 14 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 22 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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