Kerr County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Ridley, Kerr County, Texas, 1869
Samuel Ridley registered to vote in Kerr County on November 25, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Kerr County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kerr County registered 18 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Samuel Ridley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Ridley
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Kerr County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Kuttzers Mill
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Kerr County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Kerr County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsSamuel Ridley reported 14 years more in Texas than in Kerr County.
Ridleys 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 5 of the Kerr County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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