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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

Texas counties where the Colemans registered
CountyFreedmen%
Anderson County1112%
Harrison County89%
Austin County78%
Colorado County67%
Fort Bend County44%
Freestone County44%
Walker County44%
Bastrop County33%
Brazoria County33%
Falls County33%
Galveston County33%
Grayson County33%
Guadalupe County33%
McLennan County33%
Tarrant County33%
Bexar County22%
Brazos County22%
Fayette County22%
San Augustine County22%
Wharton County22%
Angelina County11%
Burleson County11%
Cameron County11%
Davis County11%
Goliad County11%
Hopkins County11%
Houston County11%
Kerr County11%
Madison County11%
Refugio County11%
San Patricio County11%
Wood County11%

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, 51 to 90 of 90
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
John ColemanMcLennan County1867
Luke ColemanHarrison CountyKentucky1858
Meredith ColemanColorado CountyMississippi1849
Milton ColemanFreestone CountyNorth Carolina1867
Mingo ColemanAnderson CountySouth Carolina1849
Moses ColemanColorado CountyMississippi1849
Moses ColemanHarrison CountyLouisiana1864
Nathan ColemanBastrop CountyNorth Carolina1837
Ned ColemanAnderson CountyGeorgia1855
Nicholas ColemanFayette CountyTennessee1858
Patrick ColemanHouston CountyVirginia1863
Penury ColemanFreestone CountyAlabama1867
Philip ColemanHarrison CountyVirginia1850
Phillip ColemanAnderson CountyAlabama1855
Phillip ColemanAnderson CountyVirginia1852
Pompey ColemanFreestone CountyGeorgia1867
Richard ColemanMcLennan County1866
Richard ColemanSan Patricio CountyKentucky1855
Ruben ColemanBastrop CountyVirginia1855
Ruffin ColemanBurleson County1855
Rufus ColemanTarrant CountyKentucky1855
Sammuel ColemanAustin CountyTennessee1844
Sammuel ColemanBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1852
Silas ColemanAnderson CountyAlabama1854
Simon ColemanHopkins CountyGeorgia1857
Spencer ColemanBrazos County1853
Spencer ColemanColorado CountyVirginia1852
Spincer ColemanAustin CountyVirginia1858
Squire ColemanHarrison CountyMississippi1863
Stephen ColemanWalker CountyMississippi1845
Tanter ColemanAnderson CountyGeorgia1855
Thomas ColemanFalls County
Thomas William ColemanFalls County
Warner ColemanTarrant CountyTennessee1854
Warrick ColemanDavis CountyKentucky1854
William ColemanAnderson CountyAlabama1856
William ColemanAustin CountyVirginia1851
Willis ColemanHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1854
Winston ColemanWood CountyVirginia1862
Young Scott ColemanGrayson CountyTexas1846

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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