Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Moore, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Moore registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Benjamin Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Moore
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Harrison County
- 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
- George Mooreborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
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 33 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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