Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Nelson, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Albert Nelson registered to vote in Johnson County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Johnson County
Albert Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Nelson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Cleburne
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Nelsons 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 3 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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