Bandera County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Riggs, Bandera County, Texas, 1869
Nelson Riggs registered to vote in Bandera County on November 19, 1869. He reported 4 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.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Nelson Riggs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Riggs
- County of registration
- Bandera County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Bandera County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Bandera County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearNelson Riggs reported 1 year more in Texas than in Bandera County.
Other freedmen named Riggs in Bandera County
- Alexander Riggsreached Texas about 1863
Riggses 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 3 of the Bandera County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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