Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Winston Cook, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Winston Cook registered to vote in Lamar County on July 11, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Winston Cook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Winston Cook
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wyatt R. Lowery"
- 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 16 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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