Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Gaines, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Edward Gaines registered to vote in Cooke County on July 23, 1867. He reported Chickasaw Nation as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Chickasaw Nation
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cooke County
Edward Gaines
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Gaines
- Place of birth
- Chickasaw Nation
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cooke County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Gaineses 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 2 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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