Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Nelson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Nelson registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Thomas Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Nelson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nelson in Austin County
- King Nelsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Sammuel Nelsonborn in Texas, 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 27 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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