Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Handy Nixon, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Handy Nixon registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Handy Nixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Handy Nixon
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Hardy x Nelson"
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 11 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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