Cole · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Cole in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 36 freedmen

36 freedmen named Cole registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Davis County (10), Harrison County (4) and Brazoria County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were North Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1829.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Coles registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Cole registered, on the 1870 county map
36
Freedmen
18
Counties
North Carolina
Largest birthplace
1829
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Coles registered

Texas counties where the Coles registered
CountyFreedmen%
Davis County1028%
Harrison County411%
Brazoria County26%
Brazos County26%
Cooke County26%
Galveston County26%
Grayson County26%
Guadalupe County26%
Burleson County13%
Dallas County13%
Falls County13%
Fayette County13%
Freestone County13%
Hill County13%
Houston County13%
Jackson County13%
Matagorda County13%
McLennan County13%

Where the Coles were born

Birthplaces the Coles reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
North Carolina726%
Georgia519%
Mississippi415%
Alabama311%
Maryland27%
Kentucky14%
Louisiana14%
South Carolina14%
Tennessee14%
Texas14%
Virginia14%

When the Coles reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Coles
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
1
1830s
4
1840s
8
1850s
11
1860s
10

Every Cole in the register

The Coles in the register, 1 to 36 of 36
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert ColeMcLennan County1866
Branch ColeBrazos County1829
Charles ColeDavis CountyGeorgia1850
Clark ColeCooke CountyGeorgia1849
Cute ColeHarrison CountyAlabama1853
Dudley ColeGuadalupe CountyMississippi1866
Duncan ColeDavis CountyNorth Carolina1851
George ColeDavis CountyVirginia1860
Griffin ColeHouston CountyAlabama1859
Harrison ColeHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1859
Henry ColeDavis CountyNorth Carolina1841
Isaac ColeGrayson CountyAlabama1846
Jacob ColeGalveston County1844
James ColeGuadalupe CountyLouisiana
Jas. ColeDallas CountyKentucky1849
John ColeBrazos County1848
John ColeHill CountyTexas1861
John ColeJackson County1857
Moses ColeHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1846
N. ColeDavis CountyMississippi1861
Perry ColeFreestone CountyMaryland1867
Peter ColeDavis CountyNorth Carolina1837
Peter ColeDavis CountyGeorgia1841
Real ColeHarrison CountyGeorgia1855
Robert ColeGrayson CountyTennessee1852
Sam ColeDavis CountyGeorgia1861
Samuel ColeCooke CountySouth Carolina1853
Samuel ColeDavis CountyMississippi1837
Terry ColeDavis CountyMississippi1837
Thomas ColeBrazoria CountyNorth Carolina1865
Thomas ColeGalveston County1831
Vance Murray ColeFayette CountyMaryland1853
W. ColeBurleson County1854
Washington ColeFalls County
Watt ColeMatagorda County
Wiley ColeBrazoria CountyNorth Carolina1860

Cole genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Cole in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Davis County holds 10 of the 36, Harrison County 4. 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 Coles in Texas come from?

They reported North Carolina (7), Georgia (5) and Mississippi (4) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Cole?

Davis County (10), Harrison County (4), Brazoria County (2). In all, 36 registered across 18 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 Cole appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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