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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsWashington Rodgers reported 12 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Other freedmen named Rodgers in Hunt County
- Daniel Rodgersborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
Rodgerses 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 10 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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