Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Nickleberry, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Nickleberry registered to vote in Davis County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 15 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Stephen Nickleberry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Nickleberry
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Davis County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearStephen Nickleberry reported 1 year more in Texas than in Davis County.
Other freedmen named Nickleberry in Davis County
- C. Nickleberryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Elza Nickleberryborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1867
- George Nickleberryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Lewis Nickleberryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
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 4 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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