Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Needham, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Needham registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 7, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas, 14 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Nelson Needham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Needham
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsNelson Needham reported 16 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Needhams 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 30 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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