Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Rippetoe, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William Rippetoe registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
William Rippetoe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Rippetoe
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsWilliam Rippetoe reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Rippetoe in Harrison County
- Walter Rippetoeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
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 19 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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