Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Scott, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Robert Scott registered to vote in Cooke County on August 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Cooke County
Robert Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Scott
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Scotts 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 6 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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