Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Coleman, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Coleman registered to vote in Walker County on August 6, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Walker County
Stephen Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Coleman
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Walker County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Stephen X Coleman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coleman in Walker County
- Alfred Colemanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Charles Colemanborn in Virginia
- Isaac Colemanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
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 8 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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