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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Austin County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Sammuel Coleman reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Coleman in Austin County

Colemans elsewhere in Texas

All 90 freedmen named Coleman 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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