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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in DeWitt County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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

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