Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Coakley, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
John Coakley registered to vote in Johnson County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 7 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
John Coakley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Coakley
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Cleburne
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Johnson County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJohn Coakley reported 11 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.
Other freedmen named Coakley in Johnson County
- William M. 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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