Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Foruman, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Edward Foruman registered to vote in Cooke County on August 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Edward Foruman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Foruman
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsEdward Foruman reported 14 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 9 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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