Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matt Rucker, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Matt Rucker registered to vote in Galveston County on June 25, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Matt Rucker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matt Rucker
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rucker in Galveston County
- Claiton Ruckerreached Texas about 1859
Ruckers 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 25 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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