Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Ricks, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Sam Ricks registered to vote in Anderson County on July 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Sam Ricks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Ricks
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Horace Ricksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- Joane Ricksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
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 7 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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