Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stith Harwell, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Stith Harwell registered to vote in Cooke County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 9 years 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Cooke County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cooke County

Stith Harwell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Stith Harwell
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
10
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Cooke County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
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

Stith Harwell reported 8 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 8 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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