Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin J. Coleman, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin J. Coleman registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Benjamin J. Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin J. Coleman
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Coleman in Colorado County
- Abraham Colemanborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Benjamin Colemanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Meredith Colemanborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Moses Colemanborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Spencer Colemanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
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 14 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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