Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William M. Coakley, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
William M. Coakley registered to vote in Johnson County on July 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Johnson County
William M. Coakley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William M. Coakley
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Cleburne
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coakley in Johnson County
- John Coakleyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
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. Johnson County's entries fill 20 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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