Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Doctor Nelson, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Doctor Nelson registered to vote in Houston County on July 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Houston County
Doctor Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Doctor Nelson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Houston County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Doctor his X mark Nelson."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Nelsons 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 6 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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