Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

J.A. Louis, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

J.A. Louis registered to vote in Cooke County on July 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Cooke County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Cooke County

J.A. Louis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
J.A. Louis
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
9
Registered
July 26, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Cooke County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 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 3 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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