Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Thornton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Thornton registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Nelson Thornton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Thornton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "T. Thornton"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsNelson Thornton reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Thorntons 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 39 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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