Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Cook, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Jerry Cook registered to vote in Brazos County on November 17, 1869. He reported 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
Jerry Cook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Cook
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJerry Cook reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Cook in Brazos County
- Cornelius Cookreached Texas about 1850
- Nelson Cookreached Texas about 1847
- Siper Cookreached Texas about 1858
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 34 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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