Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Coleman, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Coleman registered to vote in Colorado County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Abraham Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Coleman
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsAbraham Coleman reported 7 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Coleman in Colorado County
- Benjamin Colemanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Benjamin J. Colemanborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 38 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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