Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
March Colman, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
March Colman registered to vote in Shelby County on July 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Shelby County
March Colman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- March Colman
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Mark L. Polman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Colmans 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 3 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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