Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Baily, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Baily registered to vote in Cooke County on August 10, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 13 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Cooke County
Texas
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cooke County

Thomas Baily

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Baily
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
10
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Cooke County
13 years
Years in the precinct
13 years
Years in Texas before Cooke County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cooke County highlighted
Cooke County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Thomas Baily reported 10 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.

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 6 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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