Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Machens Nelson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Machens Nelson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 3 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Machens Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Machens Nelson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsMachens Nelson reported 13 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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
- Joseph Nelsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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