Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Nance, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Simon Nance registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 26 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Simon Nance
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Nance
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
26 yearsSimon Nance reported 26 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Nances 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 35 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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