Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Cooper, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Frank Cooper registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 15 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Frank Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Cooper
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsFrank Cooper reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Cooper in Austin County
- Joseph Cooperborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
- Julius Cooperborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- 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 44 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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