Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Colbert Colleman, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Colbert Colleman registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 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
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Austin County
Colbert Colleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Colbert Colleman
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Variations of Colleman
- Coleman 90
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 58 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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