Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Roberson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
John Roberson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 24, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Galveston County
John Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Roberson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberson in Galveston County
- Samuel Robersonreached Texas about 1862
- William Robersonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1867
- William Robersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
Robersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberson
- Robertson 68
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 23 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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