Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aderson Cooper, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Aderson Cooper registered to vote in Newton County on September 4, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Aderson Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aderson Cooper
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 20
- Registered
- September 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Newton County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Dean"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsAderson Cooper reported 5 years more in Texas than in Newton 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 3 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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