Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Columbus Nelson, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Columbus Nelson registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 5 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Columbus Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Columbus Nelson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Madison County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Columbus N. Hood"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsColumbus Nelson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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