Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Cooper, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Cooper registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Calvin Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Cooper
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsCalvin Cooper reported 3 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Cooper in Colorado County
- Isaac Cooperborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Samuel Cooperborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Thomas Cooperborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
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 17 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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