Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Nelson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Richard Nelson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 14, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Richard Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Nelson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsRichard Nelson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Nelson in Galveston County
- Franklin Nelsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Patrick Nelsonreached Texas about 1854
- Wilson Nelson
Nelsons elsewhere in Texas
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 18 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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