Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Squire Coleman, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Squire Coleman registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Squire Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Squire Coleman
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coleman in Harrison County
- Aaron Colemanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Jack Colemanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Jeffrey Colemanborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
- Luke Colemanborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
- Moses Colemanborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
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 15 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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