Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Nelson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Nelson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Joseph Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Nelson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nelson in Colorado County
- Andrew Nelsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- George Nelsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- James Nelsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Machens Nelsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
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 15 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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