Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Luke Coleman, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Luke Coleman registered to vote in Harrison County on July 8, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Luke Coleman

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Luke Coleman
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
11
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 8, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Harrison County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Harrison County
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Luke Coleman reported 8 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Coleman in Harrison County

Colemans elsewhere in Texas

All 90 freedmen named Coleman 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 20 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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