Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Cooper, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
George Cooper registered to vote in Jasper County on August 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Cooper
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "George Cooper"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 11 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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