Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Mack, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Mack registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Nelson Mack
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Mack
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mack in Brazoria County
- Henry Mackborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- James Mackborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1853
- Jeff Mackborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- John Mackborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1838
- John Mackborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1838
Macks 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 15 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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