Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Nicholson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Nicholson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 2, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Nelson Nicholson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Nicholson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "T. Nicholson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nicholson in Harrison County
- Anthony Nicholsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Nicholsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Nicholson
- Nichols 15
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 54 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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