Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Coffee, Tarrant County, Texas, 1869
Isaac Coffee registered to vote in Tarrant County on November 26, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Isaac Coffee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Coffee
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coffee in Tarrant County
- Peter Coffeeborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
Coffees 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 29 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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