Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Elis Ritcherson, Walker County, Texas, 1868

Elis Ritcherson registered to vote in Walker County on February 1, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Walker County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Elis Ritcherson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Elis Ritcherson
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
5
Registered
February 1, 1868
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Walker County
3 years
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Walker County
9 years
Signature, as written
"Elias his X mark Richardson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Elis Ritcherson reported 9 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Variations of Ritcherson

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 38 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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