Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Rodgers, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
John Rodgers registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 12, 1867. He reported 24 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
John Rodgers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Rodgers
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsJohn Rodgers reported 23 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
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 5 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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