Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Coats, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Coats registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Thomas Coats
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Coats
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "S. Crats"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Coats in Harrison County
- John Coatsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Coatses 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 44 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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