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Cooper in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 68 freedmen

68 freedmen named Cooper registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (12), McLennan County (7) and Austin County (5). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Alabama and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1842.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Coopers registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Cooper registered, on the 1870 county map
68
Freedmen
29
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1842
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Coopers registered

Texas counties where the Coopers registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County1218%
McLennan County710%
Austin County57%
Colorado County46%
Leon County46%
Brazoria County34%
Chambers County34%
Davis County23%
Fayette County23%
Fort Bend County23%
Freestone County23%
Galveston County23%
Lamar County23%
Washington County23%
Wharton County23%
Anderson County11%
Bastrop County11%
Cherokee County11%
Comal County11%
Falls County11%
Grayson County11%
Hopkins County11%
Jasper County11%
Madison County11%
Matagorda County11%
Newton County11%
Nueces County11%
Van Zandt County11%
Walker County11%

Where the Coopers were born

Birthplaces the Coopers reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia1223%
Alabama815%
Mississippi713%
Georgia48%
North Carolina48%
South Carolina48%
Tennessee48%
Kentucky36%
Texas36%
Louisiana24%
Missouri24%

When the Coopers reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Coopers
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
15
1850s
23
1860s
29

Every Cooper in the register

The Coopers in the register, 1 to 50 of 68
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abram CooperBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1856
Aderson CooperNewton CountyAlabama1861
Alfred CooperHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1847
Allen CooperLeon CountyMississippi1863
Archa CooperDavis CountyVirginia1852
Bethel CooperWharton County1866
Bob CooperComal CountyLouisiana1862
Bosin CooperHarrison CountyMississippi1862
Caleb CooperAnderson CountyKentucky1847
Calib CooperMcLennan County1867
Calvin CooperColorado CountyAlabama1852
Cap CooperHarrison CountyGeorgia1847
Charles CooperFort Bend County1866
Charles CooperFort Bend CountyKentucky1849
Daniel CooperChambers CountyVirginia1858
Daniel CooperFayette CountyVirginia1852
David CooperFreestone CountyMissouri1847
Fayette CooperLamar CountyTennessee1850
Frank CooperAustin CountyKentucky1847
George CooperJasper CountyAlabama
George CooperNueces CountyTexas1857
Hall CooperDavis CountyGeorgia1856
Henry CooperCherokee CountyVirginia1866
Henry CooperHarrison CountySouth Carolina1846
Henry CooperHarrison CountyLouisiana1851
Henry CooperHarrison CountyTexas1846
Henry CooperMcLennan County1866
Ira CooperWalker CountyGeorgia1853
Isaac CooperColorado CountyTennessee1855
Isaac CooperHarrison CountyVirginia1856
James CooperBrazoria CountyMississippi1857
James CooperGalveston County1867
James CooperWashington County1863
Jerry CooperLeon CountyMississippi1861
Joesph CooperBrazoria CountyVirginia1856
John CooperBastrop CountyAlabama1857
John CooperHarrison CountyTexas1848
John CooperMatagorda CountyVirginia1846
Joseph CooperAustin CountyMissouri1862
Julius CooperAustin CountyVirginia1865
Lafayette CooperFreestone CountySouth Carolina1867
Larkin CooperHarrison CountySouth Carolina1846
Lem CooperMcLennan County1866
Louis CooperLeon CountyMississippi1863
Milles CooperHopkins CountyVirginia1863
Morgan CooperChambers CountyVirginia1849
Morgan CooperMcLennan County1866
Nelson CooperLeon CountyNorth Carolina1853
Parker CooperAustin CountyAlabama1843
Reubin CooperMcLennan County1866

Cooper genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Cooper in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 12 of the 68, McLennan County 7. 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 Coopers in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (12), Alabama (8) and Mississippi (7) as their birthplaces most often, and 3 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Cooper?

Harrison County (12), McLennan County (7), Austin County (5). In all, 68 registered across 29 Texas counties 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 Cooper appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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