Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dallas Cottrel, Shelby County, Texas, 1869
Dallas Cottrel registered to vote in Shelby County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Dallas Cottrel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dallas Cottrel
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dallas Cotten"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 25 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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