Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Don Nicholson, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Don Nicholson registered to vote in Fayette County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Don Nicholson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Don Nicholson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nicholson in Fayette County
- Edmund Nicholsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- John Nicholsonborn in Tennessee, 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 63 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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