Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sidney Rogers, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

Sidney Rogers registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Sidney Rogers

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sidney Rogers
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Colorado County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Colorado County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Sidney Rogers reported 15 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Rogers in Colorado County

  • Jim Rogersborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866

Rogerses elsewhere in Texas

All 44 freedmen named Rogers 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 55 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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