Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Nelson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Joe Nelson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 16, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Joe Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Nelson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nelson in Fayette County
- Alex Nelsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 12 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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