Cooley · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Cooley in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Cooley registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Harrison County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Florida. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1853.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Cooleys registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Cooley registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
Florida
Largest birthplace
1853
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Cooleys registered

Texas counties where the Cooleys registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County2100%

Where the Cooleys were born

Birthplaces the Cooleys reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Florida2100%

When the Cooleys reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Cooleys
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
2

Every Cooley in the register

The Cooleys in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Chars CooleyHarrison CountyFlorida1853
Edmund CooleyHarrison CountyFlorida1853

Cooley genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Cooley in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 2 of the 2. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Cooleys in Texas come from?

They reported Florida (2) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Cooley?

Harrison County (2). In all, 2 registered across 1 Texas county between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Cooley appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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