Lampasas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cooley Ridge, Lampasas County, Texas, 1867

Cooley Ridge registered to vote in Lampasas County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. Lampasas County registered 16 freedmen in 1867, 7% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Lampasas County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Lampasas County

Cooley Ridge

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Cooley Ridge
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Lampasas County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Lampasas County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Lampasas County highlighted
Lampasas County on the 1870 county map

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 1 of the Lampasas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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