Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Coleman, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Spencer Coleman registered to vote in Colorado County on August 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Spencer Coleman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Coleman
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsSpencer Coleman reported 14 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Coleman in Colorado County
- Abraham Colemanborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- 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
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 45 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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