Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Moore, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
David Moore registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
David Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Moore
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 29 years
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsDavid Moore reported 29 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Moore in Matagorda County
- Alexander Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Henry Mooreborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 15 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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