Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Lawson, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Lawson registered to vote in Jackson County on July 15, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Nelson Lawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Lawson
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lawson in Jackson County
- David Lawsonreached Texas about 1831
- Tobe Lawsonreached Texas about 1832
Lawsons 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 7 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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