Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philip Moore, Leon County, Texas, 1868
Philip Moore registered to vote in Leon County on August 30, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Leon County
Philip Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philip Moore
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Leon County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Otto Serre"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Leon County
- James Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
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 27 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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