Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Nichols, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Joseph Nichols registered to vote in Austin County on January 27, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 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
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Austin County
Joseph Nichols
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Nichols
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Austin County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nichols in Austin County
- Henry Nicholsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
Nicholses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Nichols
- Nicholson 11
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 46 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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