Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Coleman, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Charles Coleman registered to vote in Walker County on November 19, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Charles Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Coleman
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Charles his X mark Coleman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coleman in Walker County
- Alfred Colemanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Isaac Colemanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Stephen Colemanborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1845
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 42 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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