Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Ridge, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
John Ridge registered to vote in Colorado County on November 23, 1869. He reported Ohio as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Ohio
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Ridge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Ridge
- Place of birth
- Ohio
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJohn Ridge reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Ridges 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 57 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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