Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jessee Coleman, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Jessee Coleman registered to vote in Grayson County on August 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Jessee Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jessee Coleman
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coleman in Grayson County
- H.A. Colemanborn in Kentucky, 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 22 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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