Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major Ross, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Major Ross registered to vote in Walker County on November 22, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 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
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Major Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major Ross
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "R. S. Farris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ross in Walker County
- George Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1841
- Hawkins Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Levi Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 45 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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