A Guide to the Richmond (Va.) List of Colored Voters Registered at Second Precinct in Jackson Ward, 1886-1896
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Preferred Citation
Richmond (Va.) List of Colored Voters Registered at Second Precinct in Jackson Ward, 1886-1896. Local government records collection, Richmond (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from the city of Richmond Department of Parks and Recreation under the accession number 43467.
Historical Information
Richmond was established in 1742 and incorporated as a city in 1842. The city of Manchester was annexed in 1910; Barton Heights, Fairmont, and Highland Park in 1914; and part of Chesterfield County in 1970.
Scope and Content
Richmond (Va.) List of Colored Voters Registered at Second Precinct in Jackson Ward, 1886-1896, contains a list of all registered male African American voters for the second precinct in Jackson Ward in the city of Richmond. The information recorded includes the date registered, registration number, full name, "has he been sworn," age in years, occupation, residence, length of residence in city, length of residence in state, and a section about naturalization which was used to record notes about other districts a registration was transferred to or from. The volume is arranged alphabetically by surname.
Arrangement
Alphabetical by surname.
Related Material
The city of Richmond is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional city of Richmond Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.
Index Terms
- Richmond (Va.) Department of Parks and Recreation.
- African Americans -- Suffrage -- Virginia -- Richmond.
- Voting registers -- Virginia -- Richmond.
- Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Richmond.
- Registers (lists) -- Virginia -- Richmond.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.