Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin Nelson, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Franklin Nelson registered to vote in Galveston County on January 30, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Franklin Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin Nelson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nelson in Galveston County
- Patrick Nelsonreached Texas about 1854
- 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 48 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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