Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Nicholson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Nicholson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 7 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
John Nicholson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Nicholson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJohn Nicholson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Nicholson in Fayette County
- Don Nicholsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Edmund Nicholsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Nicholsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Nicholson
- Nichols 15
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 Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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