Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Richards, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Richards registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Nelson Richards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Richards
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Richards"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsNelson Richards reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Richards in Harrison County
- Fayette Richardsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- John Richardsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- John Richardsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Richardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Richards
- Richardson 64
- Richard 21
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 48 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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