Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Smith Ritchy, Cooke County, Texas, 1869

Smith Ritchy registered to vote in Cooke County on November 16, 1869. The registrar wrote "Colored Registered on presentation of certificate from Grayson Co" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Cooke County, Texas

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Smith Ritchy
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 16, 1869
Remarks, as written
"Colored Registered on presentation of certificate from Grayson Co"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cooke County highlighted
Cooke County on the 1870 county map

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 16 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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