Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Rogers, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Rogers registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 6 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1243&context=ethj" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Nelson Rogers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Rogers
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 years 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nelson his X mark Rogers"
- Remarks, as written
- "https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1243&context=ethj"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsNelson Rogers reported 8 years more in Texas than in Wood 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 7 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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