Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Real Cole, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Real Cole registered to vote in Harrison County on July 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Real Cole

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Real Cole
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
6
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Harrison County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Cole in Harrison County

  • Cute Coleborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
  • Harrison Coleborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
  • Moses Coleborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846

Coles elsewhere in Texas

All 36 freedmen named Cole 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. Harrison County's entries fill 92 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Harrison County, Texas

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