Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George W. Nichols, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George W. Nichols registered to vote in Harrison County on August 9, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Harrison County
George W. Nichols
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George W. Nichols
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "G. W. Nichols"
Other freedmen named Nichols in Harrison County
- Elbert Nicholsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
- Thomas Nicholsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
Nicholses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Nichols
- Nicholson 11
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 61 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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