Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Rodgers, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
John Rodgers registered to vote in Galveston County on June 12, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Galveston County
John Rodgers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Rodgers
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rodgers in Galveston County
- Pleassant Rodgersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Thomas Rodgersreached Texas about 1865
Rodgerses 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 16 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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