Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Warner Coleman, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Warner Coleman registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 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 Tarrant County
Warner Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Warner Coleman
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coleman in Tarrant County
- Andrew Colemanborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
- Rufus Colemanborn in Kentucky, 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 16 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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