Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Rogers, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
James Rogers registered to vote in Wilson County on July 22, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Rogers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Rogers
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJames Rogers reported 2 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
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 4 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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