Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Moores, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Jack Moores registered to vote in Shelby County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 3 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Jack Moores
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Moores
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack x Moore"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsJack Moores reported 22 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Variations of Moores
- Moore 197
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 8 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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