Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Newton, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Newton registered to vote in Cooke County on August 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Cooke County
Isaac Newton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Newton
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Newtons elsewhere 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 8 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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