Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Black, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Black registered to vote in Cooke County on July 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- 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
Benjamin Black
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Black
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsBenjamin Black reported 3 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.
Other freedmen named Black in Cooke County
- Basil Blackborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
- Peter Blackborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
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 4 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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