Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Pant Moore, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Pant Moore registered to vote in Colorado County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Pant Moore

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Pant Moore
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 42'
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Colorado County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

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 North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
  • James Mooreborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850

Moores elsewhere in Texas

All 197 freedmen named Moore 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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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