We are requested by Mr. John B. RUFFIN, with the Commissioners of Registration for Hardeman County, to say that he has received the books, blanks, etc. for the proper administration of the duties of his office which he has opened at the court room where he respectfully calls upon every citizen of the county who feels himself properly qualified for registration to come forward without delay and procure the necessary documents. (This was an early effort to register the white male population of the county to vote after the Civil War.)

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 07 July 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.