Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harrison Nichols, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Harrison Nichols registered to vote in Galveston County on July 13, 1867. He reported 11 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
11 years
In Texas
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Galveston County

Harrison Nichols

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harrison Nichols
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

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

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