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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Cole in Cooke County
- Clark Coleborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
Coles 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 6 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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