Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Cook, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
William Cook registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
William Cook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Cook
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sanders Woods"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Cooks 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 2 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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