Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pleasant Bolding Nicholis, Kaufman County, Texas, 1868
Pleasant Bolding Nicholis registered to vote in Kaufman County on January 28, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 3 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Pleasant Bolding Nicholis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pleasant Bolding Nicholis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Pleasant Roling Nichols"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsPleasant Bolding Nicholis reported 2 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Variations of Nicholis
- Nichols 18
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 18 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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