Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Tyson, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Tyson registered to vote in Wood County on July 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
Nelson Tyson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Tyson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Wood County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nelson his x mark Tyree"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsNelson Tyson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Tysons 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 3 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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