Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Black, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Peter Black registered to vote in Cooke County on July 25, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 1 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Peter Black
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Black
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsPeter Black reported 8 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.
Other freedmen named Black in Cooke County
- Basil Blackborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
- Benjamin Blackborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Blacks 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 1 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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