Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Cockerell, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Cockerell registered to vote in Hunt County on July 29, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Isaac Cockerell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Cockerell
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Cockerell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsIsaac Cockerell reported 3 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Cockerells 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 10 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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