Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ransom Buker, Karnes County, Texas, 1867

Ransom Buker registered to vote in Karnes County on July 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Karnes County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Karnes County

Ransom Buker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ransom Buker
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Karnes County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 17, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Karnes County
14 years
Years in the precinct
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Karnes County highlighted
Karnes County on the 1870 county map

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. Karnes County's entries fill 9 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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