Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Rogers, Newton County, Texas, 1867
James Rogers registered to vote in Newton County on September 4, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
James Rogers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Rogers
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Newton County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "James his x Rogers"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJames Rogers reported 16 years more in Texas than in Newton 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 3 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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