Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Patrick Nelson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Patrick Nelson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 15, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Patrick Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Patrick Nelson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsPatrick Nelson reported 12 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Nelson in Galveston County
- Franklin Nelsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Richard Nelsonreached Texas about 1860
- 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 19 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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