Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edward Moffett, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Edward Moffett registered to vote in Cooke County on August 2, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 15 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 Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Cooke County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cooke County

Edward Moffett

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edward Moffett
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Cooke County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Cooke County
14 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

14 years

Edward Moffett reported 14 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.

Moffetts elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Moffett 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 5 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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