DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Coats, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867

George Coats registered to vote in DeWitt County on August 5, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 18 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in DeWitt County, Texas
20 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County

George Coats

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Coats
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in DeWitt County
18 years
Years in the precinct
18 years
Years in Texas before DeWitt County
2 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

George Coats reported 2 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.

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 19 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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