Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Cooper, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
James Cooper registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
James Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Cooper
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cooper in Brazoria County
- Abram Cooperborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Joesph Cooperborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
Coopers 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 33 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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