Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Cooper, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Cooper registered to vote in Leon County on August 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jerry Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Cooper
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry Cooper"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJerry Cooper reported 1 year more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Cooper in Leon County
- Allen Cooperborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Louis Cooperborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Nelson Cooperborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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 24 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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