Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mingo Rogers, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Mingo Rogers registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% 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 Walker County
Mingo Rogers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mingo Rogers
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "H. his X mark Rogers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rogers in Walker County
- Isaac Rogersborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
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 16 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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