Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Cook, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Cook registered to vote in Harrison County on July 1, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Anthony Cook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Cook
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cook in Harrison County
- Dennis Cookborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Peter Cookborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
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 11 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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