Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Nichols, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
George Nichols registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 8, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
George Nichols
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Nichols
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Nichols"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsGeorge Nichols reported 9 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Nichols in Kaufman County
- Barney Nicholsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- George Nicholsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1857
Nicholses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Nichols
- Nicholson 12
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 3 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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