Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Washington Rodgers, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Washington Rodgers registered to vote in Hunt County on July 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Washington Rodgers

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Washington Rodgers
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Hunt County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Hunt County
12 years
Signature, as written
"Washington Rodgers"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Washington Rodgers reported 12 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

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 10 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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