Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Julius Cooper, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Julius Cooper registered to vote in Austin County on November 25, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Julius Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Julius Cooper
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cooper in Austin County
- Frank Cooperborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
- Joseph Cooperborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
- Parker Cooperborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1843
- Thomas Cooperborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
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 63 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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