Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charlie Cozart, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Charlie Cozart registered to vote in Shelby County on September 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Charlie Cozart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charlie Cozart
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Charles Ezart"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Cozart in Shelby County
- Louis Cozartborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
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 20 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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