...persons of mixed blood descended on the part of the father or mother from negro ancestors, to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person." The Code of Ordinances of the City of Mobile, with the Charter and an Appendix, compiled by Alexander...

...of mixed blood, descending, on the part of the father or mother, from negro ancestors to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person."14 Mississippi enacted that "every person other than a negro, whose grandfather or grandmother...

...whatscx'ver.21 All negroes, Indians, nuilattoes, and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro and Indian ancestors, to the fourth generation inclusive, (though...ancestor of each generation may have been a white person) whether bond or free, shall be deemed and taken to be incapable in law to be witnesses in any case...

...other individual involved in the issue.—Whart. Cr. Ev. §§ 311 et seq. [Linton v. The State.] sive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person." Interpreted in the light of these definitions, section 4018, for a violation of which the appellant...

...on a county basis with no census required, and free Negroes and mulattos together with "free persons of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors, to...ancestor of each generation may have been a white person) ..." were excluded from voting. As in Pennsylvania, there is evidence of a pietistic mood among the...

...mixed blood, descended from negro or Indian ances462 Anderson v. Millikin et al. tors, to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, whether bond or free, is •incapable of being a witness in any cause, civil or criminal, except for...

...phrase "free persons of color" as used in a statute of that state which provided: "That all free persons descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation...each generation may have been a white person, shall be deemed free negroes and persons of mixed blood." The defendant was indicted as a "free person of...

...person of mixed blood, descended on the part of the father or mother from negro ancestors to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person." Interpreted in the light of these definitions, section 4018, for a violation of which the appellant...

...mulattoes, Indians and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro or Indian ancestors, to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, whether bond or free; shall be taken, and deemed incapable in law, to be witnesses . . . except for...

...we have seen, an 1835 amendment still in effect on that date had provided that "No free Negro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended...been a white person) shall vote for members of the Senate or House of Commons."1 To take advantage of the grandfather clause, illiterate white men had...