Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Nelson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Richard Nelson registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 24, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Richard Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Nelson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nelson in Brazoria County
- George Nelsonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1844
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 40 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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