Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Rivers, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867
George Rivers registered to vote in Cherokee County on Aug. 29 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cherokee County
George Rivers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Rivers
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- Aug. 29 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cherokee County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Rivers in Cherokee County
- Lewis Riversborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
Riverses 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 48 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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