Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
H. Coker, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
H. Coker registered to vote in Tarrant County on July 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
H. Coker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- H. Coker
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Cokers 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 1 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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