Rusk County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jessee Muckleroy, Rusk County, Texas, 1867

Jessee Muckleroy registered to vote in Rusk County on July 8, 1867. He reported 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Rusk County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Rusk County registered 1,329 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Rusk County, Texas
17 years
In Texas
17 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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In Rusk County

Jessee Muckleroy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jessee Muckleroy
County of registration
Rusk County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 8, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Rusk County
17 years
Years in the precinct
17 years
Signature, as written
"Jesse Montgomery"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Rusk County highlighted
Rusk County on the 1870 county map

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 Rusk County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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