Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Walton Rippetoe, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Walton Rippetoe registered to vote in Harrison County on June 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Walton Rippetoe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Walton Rippetoe
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsWalton Rippetoe reported 18 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Rippetoe in Harrison County
- William Rippetoeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
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 1 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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