Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Moore, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
George Moore registered to vote in Harrison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
George Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Moore
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "G " Moore"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Harrison County
- Benjamin Mooreborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
- 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
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 86 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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