Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mark Nicholson, Dallas County, Texas, 1869
Mark Nicholson registered to vote in Dallas County on November 19, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Mark Nicholson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mark Nicholson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Nicholsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Nicholson
- Nichols 15
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 38 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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