Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Nelson, Walker County, Texas, 1869
George Nelson registered to vote in Walker County on November 20, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
George Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Nelson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "George X Nelson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Nelson in Walker County
- Asberry Nelsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
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 43 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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