Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Barney Nichols, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Barney Nichols registered to vote in Kaufman County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Barney Nichols
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Barney Nichols
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Barney his X mark Nichols"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearBarney Nichols reported 1 year more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Nichols in Kaufman County
- George Nicholsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1857
- 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 22 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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