Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Gabreal Nichols, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Gabreal Nichols registered to vote in Galveston County on June 4, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
20 years
In Texas
about 1847
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Gabreal Nichols

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Gabreal Nichols
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 4, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Galveston County
8 months
Years in the precinct
10 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Gabreal Nichols reported 19 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Nichols in Galveston County

Nicholses elsewhere in Texas

All 15 freedmen named Nichols in Texas

Variations of Nichols

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 2 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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