Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Phillip Coleman, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Phillip Coleman registered to vote in Anderson County on November 25, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Phillip Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Phillip Coleman
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsPhillip Coleman reported 11 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Coleman in Anderson County
- Abrams Colemanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Alex Colemanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Frank Colemanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Issac Colemanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Mingo Colemanborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
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 50 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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