Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Nelson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Alex Nelson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Alex Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Nelson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nelson in Fayette County
- Joe Nelsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
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 43 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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