Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Rickets, Cameron County, Texas, 1868
Henry Rickets registered to vote in Cameron County on January 31, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Triplicate issued Feb 11, 1868" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Rickets
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Rickets
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Triplicate issued Feb 11, 1868"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHenry Rickets reported 1 year more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Ricketses 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 9 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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