Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Coleman, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
William Coleman registered to vote in Anderson County on August 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 4 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
William Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Coleman
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsWilliam Coleman reported 7 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 27 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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