Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Cook, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Robert Cook registered to vote in Kaufman County on September 26, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Robert Cook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Cook
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert Coost"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsRobert Cook reported 8 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Cook in Kaufman County
- Jim Cookborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
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 17 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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