Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ruben Ritchey, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Ruben Ritchey registered to vote in Grayson County on August 10, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Ruben Ritchey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ruben Ritchey
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 13
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ritchey in Grayson County
- Smith Ritcheyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
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 21 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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