Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Olmstead Moore, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Olmstead Moore registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Olmstead Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Olmstead Moore
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Anderson County
- Henry Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Mooreborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Jack Mooreborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- James Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Milton Mooreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
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 5 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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