Comal County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Nelson, Comal County, Texas, 1867
Joe Nelson registered to vote in Comal County on July 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 3 of them in Comal County. Comal County registered 76 freedmen in 1867, 9% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
1852186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Comal County
Joe Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Nelson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Comal County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Comal County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Comal County
- 12 years
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJoe Nelson reported 12 years more in Texas than in Comal County.
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 2 of the Comal County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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