Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Banks, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
James Banks registered to vote in Cooke County on August 10, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Transferred to Grayson Co" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cooke County
James Banks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Banks
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Transferred to Grayson Co"
Bankses 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 6 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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