Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Horace Ricks, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Horace Ricks registered to vote in Anderson County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

Horace Ricks

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Horace Ricks
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 3, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Anderson County
2 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Horace Ricks reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.

Other freedmen named Ricks in Anderson County

  • David Ricksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
  • Edmmund Ricksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
  • Frank Ricksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
  • Joane Ricksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
  • Nah Ricksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1856

Rickses elsewhere in Texas

All 13 freedmen named Ricks 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 12 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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