Kerr County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jacob Coleman, Kerr County, Texas, 1869

Jacob Coleman registered to vote in Kerr County on November 19, 1869. He reported Pennsylvania as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Kerr County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kerr County registered 18 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Pennsylvania and Texas marked
Born in Pennsylvania, registered in Kerr County, Texas
Pennsylvania
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1865
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kerr County

Jacob Coleman

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jacob Coleman
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
County of registration
Kerr County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 19, 1869
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Kerr County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Kerr County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kerr County highlighted
Kerr County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Jacob Coleman reported 1 year more in Texas than in Kerr 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. It sits on page 4 of the Kerr County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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