Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Moore, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Jack Moore registered to vote in Anderson County on November 22, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jack Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Moore
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJack Moore reported 3 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Moore in Anderson County
- Henry Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Mooreborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- James Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Milton Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Olmstead Mooreborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
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 45 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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