Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Nelson, Galveston County, Texas, 1869
Wilson Nelson registered to vote in Galveston County on November 26, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Wilson Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Nelson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nelson in Galveston County
- Franklin Nelsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Patrick Nelsonreached Texas about 1854
- Richard Nelsonreached Texas about 1860
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 71 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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