Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moody Perry, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Moody Perry registered to vote in Cooke County on July 23, 1867. He reported Creek Nation as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 6 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Creek Nation
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Moody Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moody Perry
- Place of birth
- Creek Nation
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsMoody Perry reported 9 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.
Perrys 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 2 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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