Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Floid Moses, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Floid Moses registered to vote in Madison County. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Floid Moses
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Floid Moses
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Madison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Floyd Moses"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsFloid Moses reported 9 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Moses in Madison County
- Wily Mosesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
Moseses 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 10 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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