Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Moore, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James Moore registered to vote in Colorado County on August 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
James Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Moore
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Moore in Colorado County
- Abraham Mooreborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Asa Mooreborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Daniel Mooreborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- James Mooreborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- John Mooreborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
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 43 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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