Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmond Stone, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Edmond Stone registered to vote in Cooke County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Cooke County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Cooke County

Edmond Stone

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edmond Stone
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Cooke County
15 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cooke County highlighted
Cooke County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Stone in Cooke County

Stones elsewhere in Texas

All 19 freedmen named Stone 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 5 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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