Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Moore, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Moore registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Abraham Moore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Moore
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsAbraham Moore reported 8 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Moore in Colorado County
- Asa Mooreborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Daniel Mooreborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- James Mooreborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 6 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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