Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Larkin More, Victoria County, Texas, 1868

Larkin More registered to vote in Victoria County on January 31, 1868. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Victoria County, Texas
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Victoria County

Larkin More

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Larkin More
County of registration
Victoria County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 31, 1868
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Victoria County
15 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Signature, as written
"John S. French"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Victoria County highlighted
Victoria County on the 1870 county map

Variations of More

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 19 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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