Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Patterson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Patterson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 24, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 11 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Nelson Patterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Patterson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Patterson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsNelson Patterson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Patterson in Harrison County
- Alex Pattersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- Ceaser Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Jordan Pattersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Reuben Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- Robert Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
Pattersons 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 43 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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