Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Coil, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Henry Coil registered to vote in Cooke County on August 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Cooke County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cooke County

Henry Coil

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Coil
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Cooke County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Cooke County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cooke County highlighted
Cooke County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Henry Coil reported 2 years 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 6 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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