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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJohn 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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