Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Rogers, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jack Rogers registered to vote in Leon County on August 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Jack Rogers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Rogers
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Leon County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack x Rogers"
- 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 23 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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