Bandera County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alexander Riggs, Bandera County, Texas, 1869

Alexander Riggs registered to vote in Bandera County on November 19, 1869. He reported 6 years in Texas, 3 of them in Bandera County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bandera County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 7% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Bandera County, Texas
6 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bandera County

Alexander Riggs

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alexander Riggs
County of registration
Bandera County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 19, 1869
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Bandera County
3 years
Years in Texas before Bandera County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bandera County highlighted
Bandera County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Alexander Riggs reported 3 years more in Texas than in Bandera County.

Other freedmen named Riggs in Bandera County

Riggses elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Riggs 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 3 of the Bandera County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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