Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anthony Smith, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Anthony Smith registered to vote in Cooke County on July 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Cooke County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cooke County

Anthony Smith

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anthony Smith
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
9
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Cooke County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Cooke County
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cooke County highlighted
Cooke County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Anthony Smith reported 6 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.

Smiths elsewhere in Texas

All 459 freedmen named Smith 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 4 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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