Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Cooksey, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Cooksey registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 4, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Bastrop County
Jerry Cooksey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Cooksey
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
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 2 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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