Kendall County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Coock, Kendall County, Texas, 1869

John Coock registered to vote in Kendall County on November 16, 1869. He reported 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Kendall County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Naturalized May 4, 1863 in Maryland" beside his name. Kendall County registered 31 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Kendall County, Texas
7 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Kendall County

John Coock

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Coock
County of registration
Kendall County
Registered
November 16, 1869
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Kendall County
7 years
Naturalized, how
"Naturalization"
Naturalized, when
"28 1868"
Naturalized, where
"Milwaukee"
Signature, as written
"J. G. Lamborn"
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Naturalized May 4, 1863 in Maryland"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kendall County highlighted
Kendall County on the 1870 county map

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 5 of the Kendall County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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