Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Cook, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Cook registered to vote in Walker County on August 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Walker County
Wesley Cook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Cook
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wesley X Cook"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Cooks 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 19 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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