Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stephen Nicholson, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Stephen Nicholson registered to vote in Hunt County on July 27, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Born in Arkansas, registered in Hunt County, Texas

Arkansas
Birthplace: 18 years
In Texas: 18 years
In the county: about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Hunt County

Stephen Nicholson

Texas

Name: Stephen Nicholson
Place of birth: Arkansas
County of registration: Hunt County
Precinct: 1
Registered: July 27, 1867
Years in Texas: 18 years
Years in Hunt County: 18 years
Years in the precinct: 18 years
Signature, as written: "Stephen Nicholson"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Nicholsons elsewhere in Texas

All 11 freedmen named Nicholson in Texas

Variations of Nicholson

Nichols 15

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 9 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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