Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harvey Moore, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Harvey Moore registered to vote in Shelby County on August 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 6 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Harvey Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harvey Moore
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Hard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsHarvey Moore reported 8 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Moore in Shelby County
- Richard Mooreborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Richmond Mooreborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
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 16 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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