Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Cotton, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Jack Cotton registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 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
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Walker County
Jack Cotton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Cotton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Walker County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack his X mark Cotton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cotton in Walker County
- Frank Cottonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Hampton Cottonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Lewis Cottonborn in Texas
Cottons 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 35 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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