Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ed Cook, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Ed Cook registered to vote in Fayette County on November 26, 1869. 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 Texas marked
Registered in Fayette County, Texas
about 1869
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Ed Cook

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ed Cook
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 26, 1869
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

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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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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