Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew Foster, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Andrew Foster registered to vote in Cooke County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Cooke County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cooke County

Andrew Foster

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrew Foster
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Cooke County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Cooke County
8 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

8 years

Andrew Foster reported 8 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.

Fosters elsewhere in Texas

All 68 freedmen named Foster 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 14 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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