Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James M. Duncan, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
James M. Duncan registered to vote in Cooke County on July 22, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cooke County
James M. Duncan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James M. Duncan
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Duncans 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 1 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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