Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elza Nickleberry, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Elza Nickleberry registered to vote in Davis County on November 23, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Elza Nickleberry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elza Nickleberry
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Davis County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nickleberry in Davis County
- C. Nickleberryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- George Nickleberryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Lewis Nickleberryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Stephen Nickleberryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
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 66 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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