Cox · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Cox in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 23 freedmen

23 freedmen named Cox registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Austin County (2), Fayette County (2) and Bastrop County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1841.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Coxes registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Cox registered, on the 1870 county map
23
Freedmen
21
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1841
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Coxes registered

Where the Coxes were born

Birthplaces the Coxes reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama319%
Kentucky319%
Tennessee319%
Texas319%
Virginia319%
Mississippi16%

When the Coxes reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Coxes
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
5
1850s
6
1860s
11

Every Cox in the register

The Coxes in the register, 1 to 23 of 23
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Andrews CoxBexar CountyKentucky1853
Anthony CoxFort Bend County1857
Armstead CoxAustin CountyAlabama1854
Benjamin CoxFalls County
Charles CoxHarrison CountyTennessee1866
Daniel CoxBurleson County1852
Dick CoxLeon CountyKentucky1849
Edward CoxBrazoria CountyTexas1841
Eldridge CoxWalker CountyTexas1844
Elie CoxMcLennan County
George CoxHays CountyMississippi1866
Harrison CoxFreestone CountyAlabama1851
Henry CoxAustin CountyAlabama1844
Isaac CoxCaldwell CountyTennessee1866
Jacob CoxFayette CountyVirginia1864
James CoxBastrop CountyTennessee1849
Joly CoxCherokee CountyVirginia1866
Kinchin CoxGonzales County1861
Merit CoxFayette CountyVirginia1851
Robert CoxJefferson County1864
Robert CoxOrange CountyTexas
Tom CoxGalveston County
Wm CoxGrayson CountyKentucky1862

Cox genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Cox in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin County holds 2 of the 23, Fayette County 2. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Coxes in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (3), Kentucky (3) and Tennessee (3) as their birthplaces most often, and 3 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Cox?

Austin County (2), Fayette County (2), Bastrop County (1). In all, 23 registered across 21 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Cox appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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