Hays County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Nichols, Hays County, Texas, 1867
William Nichols registered to vote in Hays County. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hays County registered 197 freedmen in 1867, 32% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hays County
William Nichols
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Nichols
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hays County
- Precinct
- 2
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Hays County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nichols in Hays County
- Green Nicholsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- Robert Nicholsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
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 7 of the Hays County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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