Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Cozart, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Louis Cozart registered to vote in Shelby County on August 28, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Louis Cozart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Cozart
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Signature, as written
- "Davis x Ozart"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Cozart in Shelby County
- Charlie Cozartborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
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 18 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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