Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bristo Moore, Lamar County, Texas, 1869
Bristo Moore registered to vote in Lamar County on July 5, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 5 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Bristo Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bristo Moore
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 5, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. G. Carroll"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsBristo Moore reported 14 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
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 Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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