Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Coulson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
William Coulson registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
William Coulson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Coulson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsWilliam Coulson reported 9 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Coulson in Bastrop County
- Germany Coulsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1845
- Jesse Coulsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
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 38 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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