Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Pager Nelson, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867

Pager Nelson registered to vote in Cherokee County on Jul. 27 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Maryland and Texas marked
Born in Maryland, registered in Cherokee County, Texas
Maryland
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Cherokee County

Pager Nelson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Pager Nelson
Place of birth
Maryland
County of registration
Cherokee County
Precinct
4
Registered
Jul. 27 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Cherokee County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cherokee County highlighted
Cherokee County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Nelson in Cherokee County

Nelsons elsewhere in Texas

All 63 freedmen named Nelson 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. Cherokee County's entries fill 59 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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