Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Cogburn, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Cogburn registered to vote in Henderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 9 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Joseph Cogburn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Cogburn
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Cogburn"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJoseph Cogburn reported 3 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Cogburn in Henderson County
- William Cogburnborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
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 1 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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