Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Cowan, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Sam Cowan registered to vote in Shelby County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Sam Cowan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Cowan
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John L. Cowan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Cowans elsewhere in Texas
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 3 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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