Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Coleman, Austin County, Texas, 1867
William Coleman registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 11 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
William Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Coleman
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Austin County
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsWilliam Coleman reported 5 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
- Sammuel Colemanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1844
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 5 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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