Medina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Brakins, Medina County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Brakins registered to vote in Medina County on September 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Medina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Medina County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Medina County
Nelson Brakins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Brakins
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Medina County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Medina County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 6 of the Medina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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