Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stone, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Stone registered to vote in Cooke County on August 9, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Stone
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stone
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsStone reported 6 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.
Other freedmen named Stone in Cooke County
- Edmond Stoneborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Elexander Stoneborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- Isaac Stoneborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Joseph Stoneborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Lea Stoneborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1859
Stones 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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