Ricks · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Ricks in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 14 freedmen

14 freedmen named Ricks registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Anderson County (10), Brazos County (1) and Liberty County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1851.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Rickses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Ricks registered, on the 1870 county map
14
Freedmen
5
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1851
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Rickses registered

Texas counties where the Rickses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Anderson County1071%
Brazos County17%
Liberty County17%
Shelby County17%
Wharton County17%

Where the Rickses were born

Birthplaces the Rickses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama542%
North Carolina542%
South Carolina18%
Virginia18%

When the Rickses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Rickses
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
9
1860s
4

Every Ricks in the register

The Rickses in the register, 1 to 14 of 14
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
David RicksAnderson CountyAlabama1852
Edmmund RicksAnderson CountyVirginia1851
Frank RicksAnderson CountyNorth Carolina1851
George RicksBrazos County1863
Horace RicksAnderson CountyAlabama1864
James RicksLiberty CountyAlabama
Joane RicksAnderson CountyNorth Carolina1866
John RicksWharton County1866
Louis RicksShelby CountyNorth Carolina1853
Nah RicksAnderson CountyNorth Carolina1856
Richard RicksAnderson CountyNorth Carolina1851
Sam RicksAnderson CountyAlabama1851
Sam RicksAnderson CountySouth Carolina1851
Thomas RicksAnderson CountyAlabama1851

Ricks genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Ricks in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Anderson County holds 10 of the 14, Brazos County 1. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Rickses in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (5), North Carolina (5) and South Carolina (1) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Ricks?

Anderson County (10), Brazos County (1), Liberty County (1). In all, 14 registered across 5 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Ricks appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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