Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Squire Gahagan, Cooke County, Texas, 1868

Squire Gahagan registered to vote in Cooke County on January 28, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. 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
21 years
In Texas
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Cooke County

Squire Gahagan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Squire Gahagan
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 28, 1868
Years in Texas
21 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cooke County highlighted
Cooke County on the 1870 county map

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 15 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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