Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bill Nevils, Harrison County, Texas, 1868
Bill Nevils registered to vote in Harrison County on January 31, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Bill Nevils
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bill Nevils
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "B " Neely"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Nevilses 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 86 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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