Hidalgo County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mayless Rutledge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 1867
Mayless Rutledge registered to vote in Hidalgo County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Hidalgo County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hidalgo County registered 11 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Hidalgo County
Mayless Rutledge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mayless Rutledge
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hidalgo County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Hidalgo County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Rutledges 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 1 of the Hidalgo County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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