Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William More, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
William More registered to vote in Cooke County on July 29, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 19 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.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
William More
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William More
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsWilliam More reported 18 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.
Mores elsewhere in Texas
Variations of More
- Moore 197
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 4 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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