Nickles · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Nickles in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Nickles registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Galveston County (1) and Wharton County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Nickleses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Nickles registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
2
Counties
1846
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Nickleses registered

Texas counties where the Nickleses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Galveston County150%
Wharton County150%

When the Nickleses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Nickleses
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
0
1860s
1

Every Nickles in the register

The Nickleses in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
George NicklesWharton County1866
Squire NicklesGalveston County1846

Nickles genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Nickles in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Galveston County holds 1 of the 2, Wharton County 1. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Nickles?

Galveston County (1), Wharton County (1). In all, 2 registered across 2 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Nickles appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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