Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wyatt Rucker, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Wyatt Rucker registered to vote in Fayette County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Wyatt Rucker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wyatt Rucker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rucker in Fayette County
- Bob Ruckerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
Ruckers 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 36 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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