Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elbert Nichols, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Elbert Nichols registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 0 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Elbert Nichols
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elbert Nichols
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 months
- Years in the precinct
- 20 months
- Signature, as written
- "B. Nichols"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
0 yearsElbert Nichols reported 0 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Nichols in Harrison County
- George W. Nicholsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 62 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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