Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Nickholds, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
John Nickholds registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Nickholds
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Nickholds
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 19 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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