Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Nelson, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Nelson registered to vote in Cherokee County on Aug. 22 1867. He reported Tennessee 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.
- Tennessee
- 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
Wesley Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Nelson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- Aug. 22 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cherokee County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Nelson in Cherokee County
- Howard Nelsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Jo. Nelsonborn in Alabama
- Pager Nelsonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1866
- Plenty Nelsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
Nelsons 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 45 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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