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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
5 years
In Texas
about 1862
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Samuel Roberson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Roberson in Galveston County

Robersons elsewhere in Texas

All 32 freedmen named Roberson in Texas

Variations of Roberson

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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