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.
- Pennsylvania
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJacob Coleman reported 1 year more in Texas than in Kerr County.
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 4 of the Kerr County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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