Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Moody, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
Allen Moody registered to vote in Harrison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Allen Moody
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Moody
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "A " Woody"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moody in Harrison County
- Collins Moodyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Morris Moodyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
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 86 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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