Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Nelson, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
George Nelson registered to vote in Brazos County on November 23, 1869. He reported 18 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
George Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Nelson
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsGeorge Nelson reported 17 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Nelson in Brazos County
- Edward Nelsonreached Texas about 1850
- Isaac Nelsonreached Texas about 1848
- John Nelsonreached Texas about 1848
- William Nelsonreached Texas about 1863
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. Brazos County's entries fill 51 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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