Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dick Nickins, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Dick Nickins registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. In the county 51 days and in the precinct for 50 days" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Dick Nickins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dick Nickins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dick X Nelson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. In the county 51 days and in the precinct for 50 days"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsDick Nickins reported 23 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Nickinses 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 26 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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