Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Riddick, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
William Riddick registered to vote in Cooke County on July 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 32 years in Texas, 12 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 32 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1835
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1835 to 1870
William Riddick
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Riddick
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsWilliam Riddick reported 20 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.
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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