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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Wood County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Nelson Tyson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

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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