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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Shelby County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Harvey Moore reported 8 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.

Other freedmen named Moore in Shelby County

Moores elsewhere in Texas

All 197 freedmen named Moore 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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