Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Loring, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

John Loring registered to vote in Cooke County on August 5, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 12 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 Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Cooke County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cooke County

John Loring

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Loring
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Cooke County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Cooke County
2 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

2 years

John Loring reported 2 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 5 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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