Kendall County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nicodemus Rain, Kendall County, Texas, 1869

Nicodemus Rain registered to vote in Kendall County on November 16, 1869. He reported 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Kendall County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Naturalized August 17, 1868" beside his name. Kendall County registered 31 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Kendall County, Texas
18 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Kendall County

Nicodemus Rain

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nicodemus Rain
County of registration
Kendall County
Registered
November 16, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Kendall County
18 years
Naturalized, how
"Naturalization"
Naturalized, when
"14 February 1868"
Naturalized, where
"St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana"
Signature, as written
"E. W. Saunders"
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Naturalized August 17, 1868"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kendall County highlighted
Kendall County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Rain in Kendall County

Rains elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Rain 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 5 of the Kendall County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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