Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Nelson, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
William Nelson registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 13, 1867. He reported 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
1856186018621864186618681870
In Fort Bend County
William Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Nelson
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 11 years
Other freedmen named Nelson in Fort Bend County
- Jerry Nelsonreached Texas about 1851
- John Nelsonreached Texas about 1866
- John Nelsonreached Texas about 1862
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 17 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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