Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Coleman, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Frank Coleman registered to vote in Anderson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Frank Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Coleman
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coleman in Anderson County
- Abrams Colemanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Alex Colemanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Issac Colemanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Mingo Colemanborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Ned Colemanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
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 51 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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