Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nah Ricks, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Nah Ricks registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Nah Ricks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nah Ricks
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 11 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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