Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thompson Ridley, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Thompson Ridley registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 16, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Thompson Ridley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thompson Ridley
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 27 years
Other freedmen named Ridley in Fort Bend County
- Edmond Ridleyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Simon Ridleyreached Texas about 1845
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 23 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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