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.
- 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"
Muckleroys 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 1 of the Rusk County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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