Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Coleman, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Ben Coleman registered to vote in Galveston County on June 7, 1867. He reported 29 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 29 years
- In Texas
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
1838186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Ben Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Coleman
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsBen Coleman reported 28 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Coleman in Galveston County
- Abraham Colemanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
- Daniel Colemanreached Texas about 1865
Colemans 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 8 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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