DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Nelson, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
John Nelson registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 15, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
1852186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County
John Nelson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Nelson
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before DeWitt County
- 13 years
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJohn Nelson reported 13 years more in Texas than in DeWitt 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 1 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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