Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
King Rucker, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
King Rucker registered to vote in Brazos County on July 1, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas, 9 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
King Rucker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- King Rucker
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsKing Rucker reported 21 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Rucker in Brazos County
- Emanuel Ruckerreached Texas about 1837
- Grant. Ruckerreached Texas about 1850
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 17 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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