Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Beverly Coleman, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Beverly Coleman registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Beverly Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Beverly Coleman
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearBeverly Coleman reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Coleman in Fayette County
- Nicholas Colemanborn in Tennessee, 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 39 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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