Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Nixon, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Nixon registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Charles Nixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Nixon
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsCharles Nixon reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Nixon in Harrison County
- Harry Nixonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Jessee Nixonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
Nixons 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 8 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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