Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ris Hancock, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Ris Hancock registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Ris Hancock
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ris Hancock
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hancock in Colorado County
- Hames Hancockborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Jasper Hancockborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
Hancocks 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 54 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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