Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Coleman, Victoria County, Texas, 1867

George Coleman registered to vote in Victoria County on June 29, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Victoria County, Texas
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Victoria County

George Coleman

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Coleman
County of registration
Victoria County
Precinct
1
Registered
June 29, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Victoria County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Naturalized, how
"By the Dist. Court"
Naturalized, when
"Mch. 10. 1856"
Naturalized, where
"Victoria - Texas"
Signature, as written
"Henry his X mark Powers"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Victoria County highlighted
Victoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Coleman in Victoria County

Colemans elsewhere in Texas

All 99 freedmen named Coleman 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 9 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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