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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Johnson County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Johnson County highlighted
Johnson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Coakley in Johnson 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. Johnson County's entries fill 20 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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