Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nelson Wall, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Nelson Wall registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Nelson Wall

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nelson Wall
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Colorado County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Wall in Colorado County

Walls elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Wall 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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