Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Cooper, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
George Cooper registered to vote in Nueces County on July 6, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Nueces County
George Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Cooper
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 4 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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