Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cagey Nelson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Cagey Nelson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 10 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Cagey Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cagey Nelson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsCagey Nelson reported 9 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Nelson in Dallas County
- Henry Nelsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
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 6 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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