Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Wheeler, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Henry Wheeler registered to vote in Cooke County on August 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 10 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Cooke County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cooke County

Henry Wheeler

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Wheeler
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 24, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Cooke County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Cooke County
5 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

5 years

Henry Wheeler reported 5 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.

Wheelers elsewhere in Texas

All 10 freedmen named Wheeler 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 10 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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