Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richmond Shaffer, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Richmond Shaffer registered to vote in Cooke County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Cooke County
Richmond Shaffer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richmond Shaffer
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Shaffers 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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