Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Rucken, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Rucken registered to vote in Anderson County on July 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Calvin Rucken
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Rucken
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Ruckens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Rucken
- Rucker 26
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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