Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Young, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Henry Young registered to vote in Cooke County on August 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 12 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Henry Young
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Young
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsHenry Young reported 10 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.
Other freedmen named Young in Cooke County
- Winchester Youngborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
Youngs 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 8 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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