Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel Nelson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Sammuel Nelson registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Austin County
Sammuel Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel Nelson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nelson in Austin County
- King Nelsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Thos Nelsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
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 30 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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