Washington County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Cooper, Washington County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Cooper registered to vote in Washington County on June 13, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 4 of them in Washington County. The registrar wrote "FMC" beside his name. Washington County registered 2,279 freedmen in 1867, 53% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Samuel Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Cooper
- County of registration
- Washington County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Washington County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Washington County
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Andrew his X mark Gallant"
- Remarks, as written
- "FMC"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsSamuel Cooper reported 21 years more in Texas than in Washington County.
Other freedmen named Cooper in Washington County
- James Cooperreached Texas about 1863
Coopers 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 4 of the Washington County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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