Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Nelson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
George Nelson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
George Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Nelson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nelson in Brazoria County
- Richard Nelsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1857
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 9 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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