Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Cope, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Charles Cope registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 6 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 11 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Charles Cope
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Cope
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- Aug. 6 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Collin County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsCharles Cope reported 10 years more in Texas than in Collin County.
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 24 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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