Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nosy Means, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Nosy Means registered to vote in Madison County on August 8, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Nosy Means
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nosy Means
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Madison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jacob Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsNosy Means reported 14 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Meanses 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 Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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