Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Cooper, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
John Cooper registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
John Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Cooper
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJohn Cooper reported 9 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
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 12 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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