Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ruben Coleman, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Ruben Coleman registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 11, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Ruben Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ruben Coleman
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsRuben Coleman reported 11 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Coleman in Bastrop County
- Edward Colemanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Nathan Colemanborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
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 13 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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