Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Roberson, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
William Roberson registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
William Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Roberson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberson in Galveston County
- John Robersonreached Texas about 1851
- Samuel Robersonreached Texas about 1862
- 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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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