Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Moore, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Moore registered to vote in Henderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Dead" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Alfred Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Moore
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alfred Moore"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Dead"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsAlfred Moore reported 6 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Moore in Henderson County
- Anderson Mooreborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- John Mooreborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
- Robert Mooreborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Robert Mooreborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1839
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 8 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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