Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Rogers, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Rogers registered to vote in Walker County on September 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Isaac Rogers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Rogers
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 27 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac X Rogers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsIsaac Rogers reported 27 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Rogers in Walker County
- Mingo Rogersborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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