Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Climmons, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Climmons registered to vote in Cooke County on August 16, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 2 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Climmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Climmons
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearBenjamin Climmons reported 1 year 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 7 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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