Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Rogers, Austin County, Texas, 1868
William Rogers registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Austin County
William Rogers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Rogers
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Austin County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Rogerses 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 51 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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