Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nelson Rivers, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Nelson Rivers registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 14 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Wood County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Nelson Rivers

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nelson Rivers
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Wood County
14 years
Years in the precinct
14 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Andrew Kidd"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Nelson Rivers reported 2 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

Riverses elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Rivers 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 2 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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