Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Armstead Coleman, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Armstead Coleman registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Austin County
Armstead Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Armstead Coleman
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Austin County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coleman in Austin County
- Albert Colemanborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1836
- Charles Colemanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1831
- Emanuel Colemanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1830
- Sammuel Colemanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1844
- 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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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