Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Cooper, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Cooper registered to vote in Austin County on August 1, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Thomas Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Cooper
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsThomas Cooper reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Cooper in Austin County
- Frank Cooperborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
- Joseph Cooperborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
- Julius Cooperborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- Parker Cooperborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1843
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 15 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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