Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Coleman, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Spencer Coleman registered to vote in Brazos County on November 23, 1869. He reported 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Spencer Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Coleman
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coleman in Brazos County
- Daniel Colemanreached Texas about 1847
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 43 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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