Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jo. Nelson, Cherokee County, Texas, 1869
Jo. Nelson registered to vote in Cherokee County on Nov. 22 1869. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cherokee County
Jo. Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jo. Nelson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- Nov. 22 1869
- 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
- Pager Nelsonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1866
- Plenty Nelsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Wesley Nelsonborn in Tennessee, 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. Cherokee County's entries fill 59 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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