Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Robertson, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
John Robertson registered to vote in Freestone County on August 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Freestone County
John Robertson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Robertson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robertson in Freestone County
- Charles Robertsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
- David Robertsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
- Henry Robertsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Jerrie Robertsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Samuel Robertsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
Robertsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robertson
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 19 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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