Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Leesten Ruthlidge, Dallas County, Texas, 1868
Leesten Ruthlidge registered to vote in Dallas County on January 31, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Leesten Ruthlidge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Leesten Ruthlidge
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 34 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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