Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Coal, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Edward Coal registered to vote in Cooke County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Cooke County
Edward Coal
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Coal
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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