Kendall County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Ridley, Kendall County, Texas, 1867

Sam Ridley registered to vote in Kendall County on August 5, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Kendall County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Kendall County registered 31 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Kendall County, Texas
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Kendall County

Sam Ridley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Ridley
County of registration
Kendall County
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Kendall County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kendall County highlighted
Kendall 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. It sits on page 3 of the Kendall County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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