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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Rodgers in Galveston County

Rodgerses elsewhere in Texas

All 16 freedmen named Rodgers 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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