Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Ross, Walker County, Texas, 1867
George Ross registered to vote in Walker County on August 16, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
George Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Ross
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "George his X mark Ross"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsGeorge Ross reported 11 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Ross in Walker County
- Hawkins Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Levi Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Major Rossborn in Mississippi
- Prumin Rossborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1841
Rosses 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 11 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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