Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Diamond, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Diamond registered to vote in Cooke County on July 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 1 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored Gone" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Nelson Diamond
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Diamond
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Gone"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsNelson Diamond reported 17 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 2 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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