DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Rodgers, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
George Rodgers registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
1857186018621864186618681870
In DeWitt County
George Rodgers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Rodgers
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
Other freedmen named Rodgers in DeWitt County
- Sam Rodgersreached Texas about 1856
Rodgerses 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 24 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in DeWitt County, Texas
DeWitt County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in DeWitt CountyThe Rodgers name in TexasBorn in MississippiSearch DeWitt County by name