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Moore in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 210 freedmen

210 freedmen named Moore registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Bastrop County (23), Fayette County (21) and Harrison County (16). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Alabama and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1836.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Moores registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Moore registered, on the 1870 county map
210
Freedmen
55
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1836
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Moores registered

Texas counties where the Moores registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bastrop County2311%
Fayette County2110%
Harrison County168%
Wharton County105%
Fort Bend County94%
Austin County84%
Bowie County84%
Colorado County84%
Falls County84%
Anderson County63%
Brazos County52%
Davis County52%
Galveston County52%
Henderson County52%
Brazoria County42%
DeWitt County31%
Goliad County31%
Gonzales County31%
Grayson County31%
Johnson County31%
Matagorda County31%
McLennan County31%
Shelby County31%
Bexar County2under 1%
Burnet County2under 1%
Caldwell County2under 1%
Cherokee County2under 1%
Collin County2under 1%
Dallas County2under 1%
Guadalupe County2under 1%
Hopkins County2under 1%
Lamar County2under 1%
Leon County2under 1%
San Augustine County2under 1%
Walker County2under 1%
Wood County2under 1%
Bell County1under 1%
Burleson County1under 1%
Cameron County1under 1%
Chambers County1under 1%
Cooke County1under 1%
Fannin County1under 1%
Freestone County1under 1%
Jefferson County1under 1%
Karnes County1under 1%
Kerr County1under 1%
Lavaca County1under 1%
Liberty County1under 1%
Newton County1under 1%
Nueces County1under 1%
Tyler County1under 1%
Van Zandt County1under 1%
Washington County1under 1%
Williamson County1under 1%
Wilson County1under 1%

Where the Moores were born

Birthplaces the Moores reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee2415%
Alabama2013%
North Carolina2013%
Virginia2013%
Texas1610%
Georgia149%
Kentucky117%
South Carolina117%
Mississippi74%
Arkansas53%
Missouri43%
Louisiana21%
Maryland21%

When the Moores reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Moores
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
9
1840s
44
1850s
77
1860s
73

Every Moore in the register

The Moores in the register, 51 to 100 of 210
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Cornelius MooreGalveston County1866
Daniel MooreCollin CountyKentucky1853
Daniel MooreColorado CountyNorth Carolina1855
David MooreBastrop CountyTennessee1836
David MooreMatagorda CountyMississippi1837
Dennis MooreFalls County
Dick MooreWashington County1848
Ed MooreBastrop CountyTexas1848
Edmmund MooreDallas CountyKentucky1861
Edmond MooreBastrop CountyMissouri1837
Edmond MooreJefferson County1860
Edmund MooreFayette CountyVirginia1858
Edmund MooreFayette CountyTennessee1859
Edward MooreHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1848
Elijah MooreBowie CountyNorth Carolina1866
Ephraim MooreHarrison CountySouth Carolina1854
Frank MooreMcLennan County1866
Gabriel MooreBurnet CountyKentucky1866
Gabriel MooreWharton County1867
Geo MooreFort Bend County1857
George MooreAustin CountyAlabama1846
George MooreFannin CountyKentucky1855
George MooreFayette CountyGeorgia1849
George MooreHarrison CountyTennessee1861
George MooreHarrison CountyTennessee1854
George MooreKarnes CountyMississippi1862
George MooreWharton County1866
George MooreWharton County1866
Grandison MooreGonzales County1847
H.W. MooreWood CountyAlabama1859
Hampton MooreBastrop CountySouth Carolina1853
Harry MooreFayette CountyTennessee1852
Harvey MooreShelby CountyTennessee1853
Henderson MooreAustin CountyAlabama1855
Henderson MooreGuadalupe CountyNorth Carolina1867
Henry MooreAnderson CountyAlabama1855
Henry MooreAnderson CountyVirginia1855
Henry MooreBastrop CountyTexas1847
Henry MooreBexar CountyAlabama1859
Henry MooreDavis CountyGeorgia1858
Henry MooreFort Bend County1847
Henry MooreGoliad County1841
Henry MooreHarrison CountyAlabama1847
Henry MooreJohnson CountySouth Carolina1865
Henry MooreLamar CountyTexas1847
Henry MooreLiberty CountyVirginia
Henry MooreMatagorda CountyVirginia1863
Henry MooreSan Augustine CountyTennessee1866
Henry MooreWilson CountyNorth Carolina1855
Hillyard MooreAustin CountyTexas1844

Moore genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Moore in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bastrop County holds 23 of the 210, Fayette County 21. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Moores in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (24), Alabama (20) and North Carolina (20) as their birthplaces most often, and 16 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Moore?

Bastrop County (23), Fayette County (21), Harrison County (16). In all, 210 registered across 55 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Moore appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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