Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Coleman, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Willis Coleman registered to vote in Harrison County on August 23, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Willis Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Coleman
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Coleman"
- 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 76 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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