Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Coleman, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Alex Coleman registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Alex Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Coleman
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coleman in Anderson County
- Abrams Colemanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- 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
- 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 18 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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