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.
- 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"
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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