Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bosin Cooper, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Bosin Cooper registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Bosin Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bosin Cooper
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsBosin Cooper reported 4 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Cooper in Harrison County
- Alfred Cooperborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- 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
- Henry Cooperborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 14 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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