Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Cook, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Peter Cook registered to vote in Fayette County on November 23, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Peter Cook

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Cook
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Fayette County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Cook in Fayette County

Cooks elsewhere in Texas

All 39 freedmen named Cook 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 65 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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