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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Cooke County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cooke County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cooke County highlighted
Cooke County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Henry Young reported 10 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.

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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