Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Reuben Nisbet, Parker County, Texas, 1867

Reuben Nisbet registered to vote in Parker County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 2 of them in Parker County. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Parker County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
23 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

Reuben Nisbet

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Reuben Nisbet
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Parker County
2 years
Years in the precinct
9 months
Years in Texas before Parker County
23 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

23 years

Reuben Nisbet reported 23 years more in Texas than in Parker County.

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 Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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