Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned Cook, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Ned Cook registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mexico as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Mexico
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Ned Cook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned Cook
- Place of birth
- Mexico
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cook in Gonzales County
- Colonel Cookreached Texas about 1847
Cooks 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 44 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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