Coats · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Coats in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 6 freedmen

6 freedmen named Coats registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Harrison County (2), Bastrop County (1) and DeWitt County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1841.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Coatses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Coats registered, on the 1870 county map
6
Freedmen
5
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1841
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Coatses registered

Texas counties where the Coatses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County233%
Bastrop County117%
DeWitt County117%
Jackson County117%
McLennan County117%

Where the Coatses were born

Birthplaces the Coatses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia267%
Georgia133%

When the Coatses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Coatses
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
2
1850s
3
1860s
1

Every Coats in the register

The Coatses in the register, 1 to 6 of 6
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alexander CoatsJackson County1852
Coalmen CoatsMcLennan County1866
George CoatsDeWitt County1847
Henry CoatsBastrop CountyVirginia1841
John CoatsHarrison CountyGeorgia1857
Thomas CoatsHarrison CountyVirginia1859

Coats genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Coats in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 2 of the 6, Bastrop County 1. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Coatses in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (2) and Georgia (1) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Coats?

Harrison County (2), Bastrop County (1), DeWitt County (1). In all, 6 registered across 5 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Coats appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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