Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Roberson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Roberson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 24, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Samuel Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Roberson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsSamuel Roberson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Roberson in Galveston County
- John Robersonreached Texas about 1851
- 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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