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.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsGabreal Nichols reported 19 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Nichols in Galveston County
- Dennis Nicholsreached Texas about 1861
- Harrison Nicholsreached Texas about 1856
- John Nicholsreached Texas about 1852
- T G Nicholsreached Texas about 1865
Nicholses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Nichols
- Nicholson 11
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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