Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Cooper, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Washington Cooper registered to vote in Grayson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Washington Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Cooper
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 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 19 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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