Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Cooper, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Cooper registered to vote in Leon County on August 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Leon County
Nelson Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Cooper
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Leon County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wilson x Cooper"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cooper in Leon County
- Allen Cooperborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Jerry Cooperborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1861
- Louis Cooperborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
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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