Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
H.A. Coleman, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
H.A. Coleman registered to vote in Grayson County on July 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 6 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
H.A. Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- H.A. Coleman
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsH.A. Coleman reported 15 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Coleman in Grayson County
- Jesse Colemanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Young Scott Colemanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 9 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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