Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Coopland, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Coopland registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Thomas Coopland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Coopland [Copeland]
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 months
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 months
- Years in the precinct
- 20 months
- Signature, as written
- "S. Copeland"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Variations of Coopland [Copeland]
- Copeland 10
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 76 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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