Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel Coleman, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Sammuel Coleman registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 21 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Sammuel Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel Coleman
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 21 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsSammuel Coleman reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Coleman in Austin County
- Albert Colemanborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1836
- Armstead Colemanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Charles Colemanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1831
- Emanuel Colemanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1830
- Spincer Colemanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
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 28 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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