Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Foreman, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Peter Foreman registered to vote in Cooke County on July 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 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
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Peter Foreman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Foreman
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Gainesville
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsPeter Foreman reported 18 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.
Foremans 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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