Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Cooper, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Cooper registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Isaac Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Cooper
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cooper in Harrison County
- Alfred Cooperborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Bosin Cooperborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Cap Cooperborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Cooperborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Cooperborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
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 8 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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