DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Rodgers, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867

Sam Rodgers registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 16, 1867. He reported 11 years in Texas. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in DeWitt County, Texas
11 years
In Texas
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In DeWitt County

Sam Rodgers

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Rodgers
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 16, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

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 2 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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