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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHorace 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
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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