Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Barnes, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Barnes registered to vote in Jackson County on July 16, 1867. He reported 37 years in Texas, 37 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 37 years
- In Texas
- 37 years
- In the county
- about 1830
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1830 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Nelson Barnes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Barnes
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 37 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 37 years
- Years in the precinct
- 37 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Barnes in Jackson County
- Chadduck Barnesreached Texas about 1832
- Paul Barnesreached Texas about 1848
Barneses 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 9 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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