Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Richard Nelson, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Richard Nelson registered to vote in Hunt County on August 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 15 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Richard Nelson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Richard Nelson
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
9
Registered
August 28, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Hunt County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Hunt County
4 years
Signature, as written
"Richard his X mark Nelson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Richard Nelson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

Other freedmen named Nelson in Hunt County

Nelsons elsewhere in Texas

All 63 freedmen named Nelson 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 20 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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