Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Ragsdale, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
James Ragsdale registered to vote in Fannin County on July 13, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 17 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
James Ragsdale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Ragsdale
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 17 years
- Years in Texas before Fannin County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJames Ragsdale reported 12 years more in Texas than in Fannin County.
Ragsdales 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 3 of the Fannin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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