Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Ragsdell, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Nathan Ragsdell registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Nathan Ragsdell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Ragsdell
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsNathan Ragsdell reported 4 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 55 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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