Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Cowin, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Ben Cowin registered to vote in Shelby County on August 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Ben Cowin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Cowin
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ben Coran"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Cowin in Shelby County
- Dick Cowinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
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 19 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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