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Coleman in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 90 freedmen

90 freedmen named Coleman registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Anderson County (11), Harrison County (8) and Austin County (7). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Tennessee and Texas. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1830.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Colemans registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Coleman registered, on the 1870 county map
90
Freedmen
32
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1830
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Colemans registered

Where the Colemans were born

Birthplaces the Colemans reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia1318%
Tennessee913%
Texas913%
Kentucky811%
Alabama710%
Georgia710%
North Carolina68%
Mississippi57%
South Carolina57%
Louisiana11%
Pennsylvania11%

When the Colemans reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Colemans
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
5
1840s
16
1850s
37
1860s
28

Every Coleman in the register

The Colemans in the register, 1 to 50 of 90
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Aaron ColemanHarrison CountyVirginia1866
Abraham ColemanColorado CountySouth Carolina1859
Abraham ColemanGalveston CountyTexas1866
Abrams ColemanAnderson CountyGeorgia1851
Albert ColemanAustin CountyMississippi1836
Alex ColemanAnderson CountyVirginia1854
Alexander ColemanBrazoria CountyTennessee1862
Alfred ColemanWalker CountyTennessee1853
Alick ColemanWharton County1866
Andrew ColemanFreestone CountyAlabama1854
Andrew ColemanMadison CountyTexas1848
Andrew ColemanTarrant CountyKentucky1857
Archer ColemanSan Augustine CountyNorth Carolina1866
Armstead ColemanAustin CountyTexas1845
Asian ColemanBexar CountyTexas1845
Ben ColemanGalveston County1838
Benjamin ColemanColorado CountyTennessee1859
Benjamin J. ColemanColorado CountyNorth Carolina1851
Beverly ColemanFayette CountyVirginia1855
Bob ColemanGuadalupe CountyVirginia1866
Charles ColemanAustin CountyTexas1831
Charles ColemanCameron CountyKentucky1857
Charles ColemanFort Bend County1846
Charles ColemanWalker CountyVirginia
Cornelius ColemanRefugio County
Daniel ColemanBrazos County1847
Daniel ColemanGalveston County1865
David ColemanSan Augustine CountyAlabama1866
Edward ColemanBastrop CountyGeorgia1853
Emanuel ColemanAustin CountyTexas1830
Frank ColemanAnderson CountyTennessee1852
Frank ColemanFort Bend County1866
George ColemanGuadalupe CountySouth Carolina1866
Granville ColemanMcLennan County1866
H.A. ColemanGrayson CountyKentucky1846
Harry ColemanFalls County
Harry ColemanGuadalupe CountyTennessee1866
Henry ColemanBrazoria CountyTexas1846
Henry ColemanWharton County1866
Isaac ColemanWalker CountyAlabama1857
Issac ColemanAnderson CountyGeorgia1856
Jack ColemanBexar CountyNorth Carolina1862
Jack ColemanFort Bend County1864
Jack ColemanHarrison CountyTexas1846
Jacob ColemanKerr CountyPennsylvania1865
Jeffrey ColemanHarrison CountyKentucky1847
Jerimiah ColemanAngelina CountySouth Carolina1863
Jerry ColemanFort Bend County1866
Jesse ColemanGrayson CountyTennessee1846
John ColemanGoliad County1851

Coleman genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Coleman in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Anderson County holds 11 of the 90, Harrison County 8. 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 Colemans in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (13), Tennessee (9) and Texas (9) 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 Coleman?

Anderson County (11), Harrison County (8), Austin County (7). In all, 90 registered across 32 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 Coleman appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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