Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stephen W. Foreman, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Stephen W. Foreman registered to vote in Cooke County on July 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 8 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 South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Cooke County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cooke County

Stephen W. Foreman

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Stephen W. Foreman
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Cooke County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Cooke County
12 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

12 years

Stephen W. Foreman reported 12 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 3 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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