Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Nicklebery, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

Henry Nicklebery registered to vote in Bowie County on November 22, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 5 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bowie County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bowie County

Henry Nicklebery

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Nicklebery
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Bowie County
5 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Bowie County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bowie County highlighted
Bowie County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Henry Nicklebery reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bowie County.

Variations of Nicklebery

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 20 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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