Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Moore, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Henry Moore registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Moore
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHenry Moore reported 3 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Moore in Matagorda County
- Alexander Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
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 3 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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