Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Colman, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Colman registered to vote in Walker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Walker County
Joseph Colman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Colman
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Walker County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph X Golinias"
- 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 2 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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