Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Mills, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Mills registered to vote in Tyler County on August 16, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Nelson Mills
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Mills
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nelson Mills"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Millses 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 7 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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