Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Ragland, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Simon Ragland registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 19 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Collin County
Simon Ragland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Ragland
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- Jul. 19 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Collin County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Raglands 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 13 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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