Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Winchester Young, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Winchester Young registered to vote in Cooke County on July 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 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
7 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In Cooke County

Winchester Young

Texas

The register entry, column by column

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

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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