Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Cole, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Cole registered to vote in Cooke County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Cooke County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Cooke County

Samuel Cole

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Cole
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cooke County highlighted
Cooke County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Cole in Cooke County

  • Clark Coleborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849

Coles elsewhere in Texas

All 36 freedmen named Cole 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 6 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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