Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Coleman, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Charles Coleman registered to vote in Cameron County on August 30, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Charles Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Coleman
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsCharles Coleman reported 9 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
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 7 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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