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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Isaac Cockerell reported 3 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

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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