Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philip Rucken, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Philip Rucken registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 22, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Philip Rucken
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philip Rucken
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsPhilip Rucken reported 19 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Ruckens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Rucken
- Rucker 26
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 39 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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